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WGUS54 KJAN 062325

FFWJAN

MSC049-089-070400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

624 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 621 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 27 MILES NORTH OF     

  FLORA TO 46 MILES WEST OF UTICA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

EARLIER TODAY. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH 

SEVERAL CREEKS CURRENTLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS SECOND ROUND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS SECOND ROUND...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF MORE 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.



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 3253 9048 3208 9071 3208 9033 3241 9013

          3270 8977 3282 8984



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