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WGUS54 KJAN 280857

FFWJAN

MSC121-129-281055-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

255 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 455 AM CST



* AT 250 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST 

RANKIN COUNTY AND OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF SMITH COUNTY...MOVING 

EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

OVER THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS WITH ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF 

RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN SMITH 

COUNTY. COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL IN THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA INCLUDE JOHNS...PUCKETT...AND POLKVILLE. 

MUCH OF THE BIENVILLE NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY HAS 

ALSO BEEN AFFECTED BY THE INTENSE RAINFALL ACTIVITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3223 8999 3207 9003 3206 8935 3221 8936

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