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WGUS54 KJAN 062352

FFWJAN

MSC007-079-121-123-070400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

652 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 27 MILES WEST OF      

  CARTHAGE TO 47 MILES WEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE 

OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS AREA MOVING OVER AREAS 

THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY AND 

HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.



LAT...LON 3292 8935 3289 8969 3257 8970 3243 9004

          3208 9024 3209 8976 3228 8976 3229 8937



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