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WGUS54 KJAN 170036

FFWJAN

MSC049-170235-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

733 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 935 PM CDT



* AT 733 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CLINTON TO UTICA. THE 

LINE WAS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS AND FLOODING IS 

LIKELY. 



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 3206 9036 3210 9057 3241 9036 3240 9007

          3226 9021 3220 9018 3217 9025 3206 9024

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