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WGUS54 KJAN 220110

FFWJAN

MSC079-089-099-101-220705-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

707 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 105 AM CST



* AT 707 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUAL  

  DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND  

  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40  

  MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE 

SOUTH OF THE AREA AND WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL THROUGH 1 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 3258 9034 3246 9012 3263 8987 3263 8929

          3232 8928 3232 8895 3288 8895 3286 8983

          3272 9001



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