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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

403 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL

  MISSISSIPPI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTPELIER...WEST POINT...

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...

  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...



* UNTIL 600 PM CST



* AT 357 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  FLOODING IN THESE COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DETECTED

  IN THE REGION...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR   RAINFALL 

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

PAST FOUR HOURS.



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

  SESSUMS...PALA ALTO...MULDROW...TIBBEE...BENT OAK...WAVERLY...

  KOLOLA SPRINGS...STEENS AND CALEDONIA



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3330 8833 3346 8947 3370 8950 3373 8931

      3373 8919 3375 8918 3375 8903 3376 8894

      3379 8893 3382 8873 3381 8871 3369 8871

      3369 8849 3367 8847 3370 8837 3375 8831

      3374 8825



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