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WGUS54 KJAN 021338

FFWJAN

MSC023-021530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

833 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 833 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER QUITMAN...OR ABOUT 5

  MILES WEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN THIS 

MORNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR BY 1030 AM.



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 3187 8889 3190 8855 3221 8843 3223 8889

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