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WGUS54 KJAN 132309

FFWJAN

MSC035-140100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

607 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



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

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF       

  HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HATTIESBURG EOC HAS 

  REPORTED THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PETAL/

  HATTIESBURG AREA.

  

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3093 8934 3094 8914 3143 8913 3144 8932

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