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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1100 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 200 PM CST



* AT 1056 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND 

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR 

CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURING...

AND A FEW BUILDINGS ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVACUATED IN THE BROOKHAVEN 

AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS 

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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