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WGUS54 KJAN 070103

FFWJAN

MSC087-070500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

801 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 757 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN   

  OVER COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING   

  SOUTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES   

  ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOWNDES COUNTY...INCLUDING COLUMBUS...OVER THE 

  PAST 2 DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

  POSSIBLE WITH CURRENT STORMS AND MORE STORMS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 

  FEW HOURS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD TRIGGER RAPID RISES 

  IN WATER LEVELS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



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

  DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



  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 3367 8831 3345 8863 3328 8850 3331 8832



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