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WGUS54 KJAN 070005

FFWJAN

MSC019-155-070400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

703 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 703 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EUPORA...OR ABOUT 24

  MILES WEST OF STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 

11 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3360 8932 3334 8939 3333 8912 3372 8904

          3369 8930



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