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WGUS54 KJAN 190809

FFWJAN

MSC011-191200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

207 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 600 AM CST



* AT 207 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTH OF

  GUNNISON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF ROSEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 

1 AM. MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA WITH 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED PER HOUR. OVERALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 

5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3395 9098 3375 9097 3361 9108 3370 9069

          3411 9067 3411 9082

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