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WGUS54 KJAN 200052

FFWJAN

MSC011-200245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

749 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 749 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING REPEATEDLY        

  ACROSS THE ROSEDALE TO CLEVELAND AREA IN BOLIVAR COUNTY. RADAR     

  ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND AN   

  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3397 9105 3378 9111 3375 9065 3389 9066

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