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MSC029-049-089-121-127-032245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1245 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 445 PM CST



* AT 1243 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE 

AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  BETWEEN TWO 

AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY.  BETWEEN 1245 PM AND 

5 PM...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL FALL. 



SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE 

REGION ARE ABOVE BANKFULL...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY COMPOUND 

THE FLOODING PROBLEM...INCLUDING ROADS AND URBAN AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED AREAS...AS MOST FLASH FLOOD 

FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  STOP...TURN AROUND...AND GO 

ANOTHER WAY.



LAT...LON 3232 9067 3173 9071 3178 9022 3184 8968

          3202 8968 3217 8976 3236 8978 3269 8979

          3287 8977 3291 8992 3271 9008 3252 9048

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