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000 WGUS54 KJAN 050155 FFWJAN MSC023-061-069-075-050545- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0016.100205T0155Z-100205T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 755 PM CST THU FEB 4 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN... JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER... KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESTON... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION... MERIDIAN... * UNTIL 1145 PM CST * AT 750 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON TO MEEHAN TO MONTROSE. THE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED TODAY. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUFF SPRINGS...ELECTRIC MILLS...PORTERVILLE...TAMOLA...BLACKWATER... PRISMATIC...DAMASCUS...DALEVILLE...MARTIN...SUQUALENA...KEWANEE... TOOMSUBA...ALAMUCHA...OAK GROVE...NELLIEBURG...MARION...LIBERTY... DE KALB AND COLLINSVILLE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT SIX HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED AND ALL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF. AREAS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CLARKE AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 3189 8846 3183 8875 3181 8932 3222 8932 3223 8936 3230 8933 3230 8932 3223 8932 3223 8892 3293 8891 3292 8835 $$ OLB