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WGUS54 KJAN 070740

FFWJAN

MSC049-069-075-079-089-099-101-121-123-149-071030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

235 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 235 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN      

  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 

  40 MPH...BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH 530 AM. SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN 

REPORTED IN PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION PEOPLE LIVING NEAR 

RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO EVACUATE AND MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS



LAT...LON 3245 9082 3224 9088 3220 9063 3210 9052

          3222 9007 3227 8850 3288 8841 3289 8999

          3272 9002 3259 9034



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