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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1040 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT...

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...

  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...



* UNTIL 130 PM CST



* AT 1034 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF      

  COLUMBUS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DUCK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.    

  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES...   

  HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.



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

  SWEATMAN...SHERWOOD...LODI...BENT OAK...EUPORA...EMBRY...

  MATHISTON...BELLEFONTAINE...MABEN...CLARKSON...CUMBERLAND...

  TIBBEE...MULDROW...PHEBA...GRIFFITH...WAVERLY AND STEENS



MORE STORMS WERE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS 

NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3330 8960 3368 8976 3366 8899 3360 8827

      3329 8831



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