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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

212 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY 

ACROSS MARION INTO LAMAR COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO 

THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING AREA AND THIS WOULD RESULT 

IN FLASH 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 3102 8951 3100 8955 3100 8983 3107 8984

      3107 8991 3112 8993 3126 8989 3137 8947

      3137 8945 3135 8944 3135 8935 3101 8934

      3101 8941 3099 8943



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