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WGUS54 KJAN 031019

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MSC023-061-031415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

512 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 512 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CLARKE COUNTY REPORTED 

INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH STREETS BEGINNING 

TO FLOOD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO 

ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OCCURRING OVER JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES 

WITH MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. 

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 

AM CDT. 



SOILS ACROSS JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM 

PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. ANY ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS 

MORNINGS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY RUN OFF AND CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING. 



FURTHERMORE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THIS AREA 

THROUGH TODAY.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS

...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. NEVER DRIVE 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THEY CAN SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD 

IN A MATTER OF SECONDS



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