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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

628 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 624 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING WEST OF THE AREA...AND 

  FURTHER HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. AN OBSERVER IN 

  KOSCIUSKO REPORTED EIGHT AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 

  THREE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...AND RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWELVE 

  INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN PLACES. SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN 

  WILL FALL THIS EVENING...PRODUCING MAJOR LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3293 8918 3295 8932 3309 8932 3317 8946

          3326 8968 3312 8971 3296 8978 3294 8928

          3267 8931 3260 8913 3260 8891 3290 8892

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