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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1133 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRENADA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BEW SPRINGS...OR 6
MILES WEST OF GRENADA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GORE
SPRINGS AND HOLCOMB
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON ROADS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF GRENADA...INCLUDING MONROE STREET
AT FAIRGROUND ROAD...VAN DORN BETWEEN COMMERCE AND POPLAR STREETS...
MOUND STREET AT JEFFERSON STREET...PEARL AT LYNCH STREET AND COUNTRY
CLUB ROAD JUST SOUTH OF EAST MONROE STREET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3387 8976 3387 8951 3386 8950 3368 8951
3368 9006 3382 9007 3382 8999 3383 8997
3383 8994 3390 8993 3390 8976
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