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MSC035-073-091-031200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

358 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 600 AM CST



* AT 355 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH OVER THE

  WARNED AREA. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 5 AM...BUT

  RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM. RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALSO

  NEAR BANKFULL...AND MAY SPILL 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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