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WGUS54 KJAN 061933

FFWJAN

MSC035-062100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

228 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 228 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND CAMP   

  SHELBY. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES IN SOME AREAS BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND CAMP SHELBY. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THIS 

  AREA BEFORE STORMS DIMINISH.



* FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADS IS LIKELY IN THE AREA BETWEEN 

  BROOKLYN AND CAMP SHELBY. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 49...

  AND IN AREAS NEAR STREAMS INCLUDING CHANEY...DAVIS...WALLS AND 

  POPLAR CREEKS.



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 3122 8917 3114 8936 3097 8927 3104 8913



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