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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1254 AM CST SAT FEB 28 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 400 AM CST



* AT 1248 AM 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 AN INCH...HAVE  

  OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 4 TO 6  

  INCHES THAT FELL ON FRIDAY. 



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

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.



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 3387 8950 3369 8952 3368 9011 3380 9014

      3381 8991 3389 8992



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