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WGUS54 KJAN 211502

FFWJAN

MSC065-077-085-211800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

900 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 12 PM CST



* AT 856 AM CST...OFFICIALS IN LINCOLN COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS RAINFALL WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MORE RAIN WAS REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME 

AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.



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 3165 9060 3138 9053 3142 8999 3149 8963

          3163 8979 3176 8980



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