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WGUS54 KJAN 271238

FFWJAN

LAC025-029-MSC001-021-063-271500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

635 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 900 AM CST



* AT 633 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ARE MOVING REPEATEDLY FROM 

NEAR JONESVILLE TO NATCHEZ TO FAYETTE AND PORT GIBSON. OBSERVATIONS 

AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

WITH THESE STORMS. AS SOILS SATURATE...RUN-OFF WILL INCREASE AND 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS. THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID MORNING.



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 3161 9200 3128 9198 3126 9159 3141 9121

          3161 9119 3170 9094 3182 9077 3216 9075

          3197 9114 3176 9134

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