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MSC121-120030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

621 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 621 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER AND WEST OF           

  FLORENCE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

SINCE 5 PM. RICHLAND POLICE REPORTED WATER WAS COVERING COUNTY ROADS

WITH SOME EVACUATIONS IN CAMPING AREAS OF SOUTHWEST RANKIN COUNTY. 



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3219 9003 3230 9020 3206 9024 3207 9005

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