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WGUS54 KJAN 052259

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MSC065-077-091-060130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

558 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN MARION 

COUNTY...AND MUCH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH...AND CONTINUES TO 

REGENERATE IN THE SAME AREA. REPORTS FROM NORTHERN MARION COUNTY 

INDICATE THAT CREEKS AND ROADS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.



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.



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 3130 8991 3124 8971 3148 8971 3177 8979

          3175 9008 3156 9013

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