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000 

WGUS54 KJAN 152212

FFWJAN

MSC123-160010-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

511 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 710 PM CDT



* AT 511 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MORTON...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF...ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

LIKELY WHICH WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS 

AND ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. 



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 3224 8963 3230 8971 3246 8973 3257 8966

          3257 8934 3230 8934



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