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WGUS54 KJAN 212357

FFWJAN

MSC037-065-077-085-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

548 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 548 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUAL 

DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN 

MISSISSIPPI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 7 INCHES SINCE THIS 

MORNING WITH RECENT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 1 

INCH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH AND WILL 

MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE AREA BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE REGION SINCE 

THIS MORNING AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS TO 

FURTHER DETERIORATE.



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 3137 9111 3140 9012 3151 8963 3162 8979

          3176 8981 3166 9048 3161 9060 3159 9111



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