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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

855 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 AM CST



* AT 855 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE AREA OF 

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WEST CENTRAL 

MISSISSIPPI.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME 

AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

OCCURRING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CURRENTLY FROM FRANKLIN PARISH 

TO GRENADA COUNTY.  6 HOUR STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE 

LIKELY...WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS...STREETS...AND 

DRAINAGE DITCHES OVERNIGHT.   



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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