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WGUS54 KJAN 030937

FFWJAN

MSC031-065-031230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

430 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 430 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM PRENTISS AND          

  BASSFIELD...TO COLLINS...REDDOCH AND SEMINARY...MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH MORE ACTIVITY APPROACHING FROM 

THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH THE MORNING. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN 

EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS AND COVINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST 

MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



SOILS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE ALREADY VERY SATURATED AND ANY FURTHER 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOST LIKELY RUN-OFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AS WELL AS ROADWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS DARK AS IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW-LANDS.



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.

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