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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1048 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 200 AM CST



* AT 1042 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.   

  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO             

  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION  

  TO THE 4 TO 7 INCHES WHICH HAS FALLEN DURING THE DAY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANTEE.



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

THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 

2 AM.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD

FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

AREAS: THE MASONIC SUBDIVISION ALONG MAGBY CREEK...AREAS ALONG THE

LUXIPALILA CREEK FROM CBDG CONTINUANCE SOUTH OF MAIN AND WEST OF

COLUMBUS...SOUTH OF 182. THE MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN

INCLUDING 15TH STREET AT COLLEGE STREET...LOCATIONS ALONG MOORES

CREEK...AND THE COLUMBUS BRICK DETENTION POND.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROAD.FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND 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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