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WGUS54 KJAN 150156

FFWJAN

LAC065-150355-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

854 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1055 PM CDT



* AT 854 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 12 MILES WEST OF           

  TALLULAH...MOVING EAST  AT 35 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WAS

DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN END OF THE PARISH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS

WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST AND WILL

CAUSE 2 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE 1055 PM.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



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 3248 9144 3227 9139 3237 9115 3253 9121



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