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WGUS54 KJAN 130553

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MSC035-073-130800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1255 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1255 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SUMRALL. THE          

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...5 TO 8 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER 

NORTHERN LAMAR AND NORTHERN FORREST COUNTIES SINCE 9 PM. ALTHOUGH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE...NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS PRODUCING MORE FLASH FLOODING. 



ADDITIONALLY...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



LAT...LON 3129 8915 3142 8914 3143 8965 3130 8965

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