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WGUS54 KJAN 280625

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1225 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...



* UNTIL 315 AM CST



* AT 1219 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND CARROLL COUNTIES.        

  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE    

  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.



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

  KILMICHAEL...SWEATMAN AND LODI



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

HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN 

ADDITION TO THE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ON FRIDAY. 



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 3347 8951 3346 8938 3344 8941 3345 8943

      3344 8945 3339 8945 3338 8947 3342 9009

      3367 9009 3368 8951



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