
987 
WGUS54 KJAN 300821
FFWJAN
MSC031-035-067-073-301415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0122.120830T0821Z-120830T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
321 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT OLIVE
  TO LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE
  ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE PAST 
  SIX HOURS AND FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MCLAURIN...SUMRALL...SUNRISE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...
  EASTABUCHIE...OVETT...SANFORD...MOSELLE...TUCKERS CROSSING...MILL
  CREEK AND SANDERSVILLE

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
SIX HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE FLOODING ON THE 
FOLLOWING ROADS IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF HATTIESBURG....PINE 
RIDGE AND WHIDDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3100 8935 3100 8942 3098 8943 3101 8951
      3100 8957 3121 8965 3143 8965 3144 8959
      3151 8959 3156 8962 3161 8975 3178 8976
      3182 8894 3144 8894 3143 8914 3091 8914
      3091 8934

$$

GRG