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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

211 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 415 PM CST



* AT 211 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA FOR 

SEVERAL MORE HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MOST OF THE 

WARNED AREA 



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.



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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