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WGUS54 KJAN 261756

FFWJAN

MSC049-149-163-262000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1255 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1255 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM YAZOO CITY TO 8 

  MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. VERY

  HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST HINDS COUNTY 

  NEAR UTICA. 



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 3294 9027 3251 9055 3207 9061 3223 9069

          3226 9098 3273 9067 3292 9062

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