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WGUS54 KJAN 140055

FFWJAN

MSC035-140500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

751 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 751 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER PETAL AND HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



REPORTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PETAL AREA SINCE

THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND SOME HOMES

FLOODED IN THE BRENTWOOD AND WOODSIDE 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3120 8934 3122 8914 3143 8913 3144 8934

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