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WGUS44 KJAN 081552
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, MS
952 AM CST MON FEB 08 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...

  TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL AFFECTING JONES COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS! THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
VENTURING NEAR RIVERBANKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD
RISING WATER THREATEN YOUR SAFETY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND, DON`T
DROWN!

THE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED AND THAT WHICH
IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS)
HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN

THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED UPDATE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND
10 PM.

&&

MSC067-092152-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0046.100208T1622Z-100211T1100Z/
/LURM6.1.ER.100208T1622Z.100209T1200Z.100210T2000Z.NO/
952 AM CST MON FEB 08 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 8:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS
  MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.5 FEET BY TOMORROW
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS
  BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND NEAR THE CREEK.

&&

              FLOOD    OBSERVED        FORECAST 6AM       CREST
LOCATION       STG   STG DAY  TIME   TUE   WED   THU CREST DAY  TIME

TALLAHALA CREEK
LAUREL          13  12.8 MON 09 AM  14.5  13.7  11.2  14.5 TUE 06 AM

$$