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WGUS54 KJAN 130617

FFWJAN

MSC065-130815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

115 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PRENTISS...MOVING     

  NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 1215 AM. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...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 3148 8987 3146 8960 3160 8977 3177 8976

          3176 8997 3155 8997

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