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WGUS54 KJAN 010357

FFWJAN

MSC023-061-067-011000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1053 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1053 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH PER HOUR WERE 

COMMON. RAINFALL SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN JASPER 

AND CLARKE COUNTIES...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

IN THE PAST 36 HOURS.  



RAINFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS

...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND

LOW LYING AREAS WELL INTO THE NIGHT. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN MOTORISTS ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3146 8937 3224 8932 3223 8847 3189 8846

          3184 8892 3146 8892



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