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WGUS54 KJAN 271314

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

714 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRENADA...



* UNTIL 1015 AM CST



* AT 709 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF   

  GORE SPRINGS TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEFLORE...MOVING EAST AT 55   

  MPH. STORMS WILL BE MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS    

  FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...INCLUDING THE GRENADA AREA.         

  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO THREE    

  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HOLCOMB...BEW SPRINGS AND MISTERTON



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT

TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.



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

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS

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



LAT...LON 3387 8951 3368 8951 3369 9012 3381 9012

      3382 8992 3390 8991



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