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WGUS54 KJAN 062341

FFWJAN

MSC035-073-091-070140-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

538 PM CST THU MAR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 740 PM CST



* AT 538 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FORREST AND         

  SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR      

  INDICATED THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR HAS        

  ALREADY OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. 



  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA      

  THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...ROADS...AND 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 3097 9003 3081 8993 3103 8915 3138 8916



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