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WGUS54 KJAN 041355

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MSC031-065-091-041645-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

855 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SANDY HOOK...COLUMBIA...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 848 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MELBA...

  SOCIETY HILL...CARSON...CLEM...LONE STAR...SANFORD...MORGANTOWN...

  GOSS...BUNKER HILL...IMPROVE...PRENTISS AND MOUNT OLIVE



ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3114 9000 3151 8994 3176 8982 3179 8943

      3146 8940 3144 8967 3102 8966 3100 8982

      3109 8983 3108 8991 3115 8992



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