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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
547 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.
* AT 547 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1
TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HATTIESBURG, PETAL, WEST HATTIESBURG, PURVIS, LUMBERTON, OAK
GROVE, RAWLS SPRINGS, MOSELLE, BAXTERVILLE, EASTABUCHIE, OVETT,
SUNRISE, MCLAURIN, PINE RIDGE, ROCK HILL, MACEDONIA, BROOKLYN AND
MAXIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3151 8894 3143 8896 3143 8915 3091 8914
3091 8934 3101 8935 3101 8942 3098 8943
3098 8948 3100 8948 3100 8950 3101 8950
3100 8965 3158 8938
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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