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WGUS54 KJAN 071349

FFWJAN

MSC043-071550-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

848 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1050 AM CDT



* AT 848 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  GRENADA LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF GRENADA...MOVING EAST AT

  30 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN

ACROSS GRENADA COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. STREET

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOW LYING AREAS. 



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.



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 3376 9008 3374 8973 3379 8954 3386 8964



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