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WGUS54 KJAN 271516 CCA

FFWJAN

LAC025-029-MSC001-021-063-271745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

855 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 1145 AM CST



* AT 849 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH 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 LATE MORNING. SURFACE 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE REGION.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3134 9147 3135 9148 3139 9198 3178 9157

          3175 9148 3175 9139 3185 9132 3182 9128

          3183 9124 3187 9125 3202 9098 3221 9074

          3195 9072 3134 9145

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