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WGUS54 KJAN 121512 AAA

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MSC077-085-091-121700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 1000 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

  OVER BROOKHAVEN AND EXTENDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS LAWRENCE AND INTO   

  MARION COUNTIES.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE 

FALLEN SINCE 8 AM...ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE A 

HISTORY OF REBUILDING OVER THE SAME AREA. THESE STORMS SHOULD 

CONTINUE THIS TREND ACROSS LINCOLN...LAWRENCE AND MARION 

COUNTIES...THUS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



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.



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 3169 9064 3146 9061 3135 9009 3110 8988

          3128 8968 3141 9000 3169 9001

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