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WGUS54 KJAN 122353

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MSC025-087-130200-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

653 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT...

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF

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



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

  KOLOLA SPRINGS...WAVERLY...TIBBEE AND CALEDONIA



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

TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3337 8832 3337 8864 3367 8866 3369 8848

      3367 8848 3368 8841 3370 8839 3372 8827



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