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WGUS54 KJAN 170845

FFWJAN

MSC053-083-133-171130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

242 AM CST MON DEC 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 530 AM CST



* AT 242 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE 

SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...HUMPHREYS COUNTY AREA. RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE 

INCH PER HOUR WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...AND RAPID 

RUN-OFF AND FLASH FLOODING WILL RESULT. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.

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