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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

515 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 700 AM CST



* AT 515 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN

  WAS TAPERING OFF OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

  HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS

  SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND WILL MOVE OVER

  THE SAME AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING.

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH 7 AM...

  AGGRAVATING EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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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          3184 8876 3206 8845

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