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WGUS54 KJAN 031230

FFWJAN

MSC031-065-077-031530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

725 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 725 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON 

DAVIS AND COVINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST 

MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. A FEW AREAS IN THESE COUNTIES HAVE 

RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 430 AM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH 1030 AM CDT AS STORMS 

MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME AREAS WHERE FLOODING IS ALREADY 

OCCURRING. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A FEW HOMES IN THE COLLINS AND MOUNT 

OLIVE AREAS HAVE ALREADY HAD TO BE EVACUATED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...AS WELL AS THE 

PEARL AND LEAF RIVER BASINS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW IF YOURE 

WITNESSING FLOODING IN YOUR AREA



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY AS 

VECHICLES CAN READILY BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS EVEN LESS THAN A 

FOOT DEEP.



LAT...LON 3139 9017 3145 8981 3146 8942 3180 8939

          3174 9011 3169 9023

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