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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

651 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 1000 PM CST



* AT 645 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME FLOODING

OF SOME ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF FIVE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST 

EIGHT HOURS. AT THIS TIME NO HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE 

COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTHWEST

OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE 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.



CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WILL RELAY FLOODING REPORTS TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON.



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

      3381 8991 3389 8992



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