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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

912 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1115 AM CST



* AT 912 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER SMITH...JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES. 

THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 

48 HOURS WITH OVERSATURATED SOILS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL RESULT IN RUN-OFF AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE FLOODED LOW LYING 

AREAS. 



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS INDICATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BEFORE MIDDAY OVER THIS 

AREA.



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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