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WGUS54 KJAN 202201

FFWJAN

MSC035-210000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

459 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 459 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PETAL AND             

  HATTIESBURG...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE AREA.



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 3109 8930 3107 8915 3143 8918 3143 8940



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