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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

812 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE   

  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF STARKVILLE TO 17 MILES            

  NORTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  OKTOC AND CRAWFORD BY 815 PM CDT...

  LONGVIEW BY 825 PM CDT...

  SESSUMS BY 830 PM CDT...

  STARKVILLE BY 835 PM CDT...

  BENT OAK BY 840 PM CDT...

  MULDROW BY 855 PM CDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL OPEN MANY OF THESE 

AREAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3329 8830 3329 8901 3357 8899 3357 8867

      3351 8866 3351 8861 3352 8854 3355 8852

      3353 8847 3354 8847 3355 8849 3358 8848



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