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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

218 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 515 AM CST



* AT 216 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

  OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...EXTENDING BACK INTO SOUTHEAST

  LOUISIANA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA

  THROUGH 5 AM...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE TO SATURATED

  GROUND FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.



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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