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WGUS54 KJAN 031355

FFWJAN

MSC127-031545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

850 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES WEST OF   

MENDENHALL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MAGEE POLICE DEPARTMENT

REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS AROUND MAGEE WERE STARTING TO FLOOD.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS

MORNING AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BY 10 45 AM.



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 3181 8966 3205 8966 3202 9008 3184 9008

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