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WGUS54 KJAN 211954

FFWJAN

LAC107-MSC021-063-220150-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

155 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 750 PM CST



* AT 150 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SINCE THE SOIL IS 

COMPLETELY SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 12 

HOURS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RUN OFF 

AND WILL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MINOR STREET 

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.



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 3199 9134 3178 9125 3172 9077 3204 9084

          3207 9126



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