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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1055 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 200 PM CST



* AT 1055 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND AREA 

OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 

DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MOVING 

NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AS OF 1055 AM. THIS AREA HAS 

ALREADY SEEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND ANY 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DUE TO 

RUN-OFF. 



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES PER HOUR WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE 

WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. STREAMS...RIVERS

AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN WHICH MAY BECOME KILLERS WITH 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR COMMERCIAL CABLE T.V AND 

RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.



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