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WGUS54 KJAN 201211

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MSC049-121-201400-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

711 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...  

  WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 701 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED    

  AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SOUTH              

  JACKSON...DOWNTOWN JACKSON...RICHLAND AND PEARL.



SINCE MIDNIGHT...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN HAVE PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA AND WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES. 

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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3241 9031 3240 8997 3209 9013 3206 9050



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