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WGUS54 KJAN 091850

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MSC019-097-155-092145-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

150 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 

HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CUMBERLAND...CLARKSON...BELLEFONTAINE...EMBRY...LODI...SWEATMAN...

  MATHISTON...EUPORA AND DUCK HILL



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 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 3357 8902 3358 8909 3322 8911 3322 8921

      3313 8921 3313 8930 3330 8931 3331 8964

      3342 8963 3343 8979 3367 8972 3367 8951

      3371 8947 3374 8904



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