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MSC035-073-091-031000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1258 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 1255 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH

  MISSISSIPPI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS

  WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE WARNED

  AREA...WHICH IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. FLASH

  FLOODING IS LIKELY IN URBAN AREAS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED

  AREAS...AND STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH ARE ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL MAY

  COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.



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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LAT...LON 3094 8914 3144 8915 3144 8962 3139 8982

          3139 9003 3127 9002 3109 8989 3108 8983

          3103 8983 3103 8937

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