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WGUS54 KJAN 300454

FFWJAN

MSC067-301045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1147 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1147 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF  

  LAUREL TO 17 MILES NORTH OF NEW AUGUSTA.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN   

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF JONES COUNTY.  A HEAVY BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM JONES COUNTY INTO THE MISSISSIPPI 

COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND TRAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.  TOTAL RAINFALL BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING 

WILL LIKELY EXCEED 5 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY...RESULTING IN 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS.   



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3182 8895 3179 8937 3147 8933 3145 8912

          3146 8894



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