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WGUS54 KJAN 220153

FFWJAN

MSC021-063-220500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

751 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



* AT 751 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF        

  SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING NORTHHEAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE THIS MORNING AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL 

THROUGH 1100 PM.



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 3169 9116 3166 9081 3201 9075 3207 9101



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