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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

342 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...



* UNTIL 545 PM CST



* AT 337 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN DUCK HILL AND SURROUNDING LOW LYING AREAS.



THE HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN   

THE PAST TWO HOURS.



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

  HILL...KILMICHAEL...SWEATMAN AND LODI



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

TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS

AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND 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 3365 8954 3343 8950 3340 9007 3366 9009



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