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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

442 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRENADA...



* UNTIL 700 PM CST



* AT 438 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

SOME FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE 

ORDER OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST FOUR HOURS. 



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.



LAT...LON 3387 8950 3369 8952 3368 9011 3380 9014

      3381 8991 3389 8992



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