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WGUS54 KJAN 261258

FFWJAN

MSC029-049-089-121-127-261600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

755 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 753 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  RAINFALL RATES WERE INCREASING TO NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN 

  A BAND FROM WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY INTO MUCH OF COPIAH COUNTY.

  AT THE JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 AM WITH NO DECREASE IN RAIN EXPECTED BEFORE 

  10 AM.  MEADVILLE HAS ALSO REPORTED 3 AND ONE THIRD INCHES. 



CONTINUING RAINS MEAN THAT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD 

FALL   IN LOCATIONS ALREADY EXPERIENCING WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING. 



NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE PEARL...BRANDON...

RICHLAND AND FLOWOOD AREAS AT THIS TIME. THE HEAVY RAINS ARE 

EXPANDING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA 

INCLUDING THE MADISON/RIDGELAND TO CLINTON AREAS.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 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 FLOODING.



A 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 FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3172 9066 3181 8992 3263 8978 3249 9047

          3224 9075

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