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WGUS54 KJAN 031529

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MSC031-065-077-031730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1025 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 1230 PM CDT



* AT 1020 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PRENTISS...OR ABOUT 16

  MILES WEST OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



  THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WATER IN HOUSES IN PRENTISS.



  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING

  OVER THE COUNTIES AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. 



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.

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