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WGUS54 KJAN 171943

FFWJAN

ARC017-MSC011-151-172200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

240 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 240 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHELBY TO 8 MILES     

  SOUTHWEST OF EUDORA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE 

POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY BUILD EASTWARD. SEVERAL MERGERS

OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO ENHANCE THE RAINFALL RATES. 



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 3403 9096 3360 9132 3303 9146 3304 9095

          3404 9066



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