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WGUS54 KJAN 052220

FFWJAN

MSC049-121-060015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

416 PM CST WED MAR 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

 

* UNTIL 615 PM CST



* AT 416 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE JACKSON 

METRO AREA...EXTENDING BACK TO EASTERN LOUISIANA.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY 6 PM.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. SOILS ACROSS THE METRO

AREA ARE SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RUNOFF ESPECIALLY

IN LOW LYING AREAS. 



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 3272 8980 3209 8982 3208 9062 3259 9032



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