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WGUS54 KJAN 072111

FFWJAN

MSC075-072235-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

405 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 535 PM CDT



* AT 405 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS REPORTED NEAR MERIDIAN BY NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE STAFF. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR MERIDIAN AND A SECOND STORM 

  WITH HEAVY RAINFALL JUST SOUTHWEST OF NELLIEBURG. THESE STORMS

  WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.



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 3229 8888 3247 8891 3257 8840 3237 8842



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