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WGUS54 KJAN 240044

FFWJAN

MSC021-063-240240-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

742 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 940 PM CDT



* AT 742 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTH OF PORT      

  GIBSON. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...4 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 

630 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BY 830 PM.



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 3177 9112 3170 9089 3190 9076 3199 9106

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