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WGUS54 KJAN 031112

FFWJAN

MSC001-037-031400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

607 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 607 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR IN ISOLATED AREAS. THE STRIP OF HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM NATCHEZ

...EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84 TOWARDS BUDE AND MCCALL CREEK.

THROUGH 900 AM CDT...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL POSSIBLE

ACROSS PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES PRODUCING FLOODING 

PROBLEMS FOR THOSE COMMUTING ON HIGHWAY 84 AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 33 AND 

61. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE 

COMMUNITIES OF NATCHEZ...MEADVILLE...BUDE...WASHINGTON AND

QUENTIN. 



ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOST LIKELY RUN-OFF CAUSING 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. 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 AS 

YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY



LAT...LON 3131 9149 3133 9138 3139 9133 3137 9121

          3137 9090 3140 9066 3160 9064 3161 9118

          3163 9121 3163 9125 3169 9131 3158 9140

          3153 9149 3138 9147

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