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WGUS54 KJAN 272154

FFWJAN

MSC011-083-133-272345-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

354 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...ROSEDALE...CLEVELAND...

  NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARCHMAN...RULEVILLE...



* UNTIL 545 PM CST



* AT 343 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND BAYOU...OR 9 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...HAVE   

OCCURRED IN THE PAST FOUR HOURS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN THE COUNTIES.



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

  RENOVA...ROME AND SUNNYSIDE



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 SMALL

CREEKS...STREAMS AND FARMLAND ALONG BANKS AND COUNTRY ROADS.



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 3398 9045 3398 9044 3382 9045 3380 9076

      3380 9035 3371 9033 3358 9011 3371 9111

      3379 9108 3377 9103 3379 9099 3385 9107

      3399 9102 3397 9099 3397 9097 3401 9098



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