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WGUS54 KJAN 261717

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MSC021-029-037-063-085-262015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1215 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 315 PM CDT



* AT 1215 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 17 MILES WEST OF

  CRYSTAL SPRINGS TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB...MOVING WEST 

  AT 20 MPH.



AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR THREE INCHES OVER SOME PARTS OF WESTERN 

COPIAH COUNTY. 



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS 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 3206 9059 3138 9062 3138 9113 3207 9107

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