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WGUS54 KJAN 031833

FFWJAN

MSC021-032030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

131 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 131 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLAIBORNE COUNTY...AT 8 MILES

  NORTH OF CARLISLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TO 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN

SINCE 1230 PM AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY 230 PM.



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 3198 9071 3220 9073 3215 9079 3215 9083

          3212 9086 3200 9086

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