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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

815 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 815 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF       

  MADISON OR NEAR GLUCKSTADT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 5 PM

BETWEEN CANTON AND MADISON...WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM.  THESE RAINS WILL AFFECT THE 

HIGHWAY 51 AND NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR IN MADISON COUNTY WHERE 

STREET FLOODING WAS ALREADY ONGOING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3264 9018 3250 9025 3241 9013 3264 8974

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