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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

821 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 821 PM CDT...SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING

  IS OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF DURANT

  WHERE HIGHWAY 12 IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD

  IN MANY AREAS. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UPWARDS TO 10 TO

  12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST

  3 TO 6 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 1215 AM AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME

  AREAS THAT HAVE HAD THE PREVIOUS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 



THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODED

AREAS 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS

...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN FLOODING SITUATIONS.



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