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WGUS54 KJAN 220148

FFWJAN

LAC107-220345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

745 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 945 PM CST



* AT 745 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

  OVER TENSAS PARISH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF FERRIDAY...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE 

FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED 

OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



NEWELLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TENSAS COUNTY REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 

3209 NEAR US 65 AT WATERPROOF WAS UNDER WATER.



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 3185 9153 3185 9145 3190 9130 3210 9139

          3192 9147



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