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WGUS54 KJAN 050715

FFWJAN

LAC041-051010-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

112 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 410 AM CST



* AT 112 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WINNSBORO

...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS

FRANKLIN PARISH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE PARISH 

FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES.



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3221 9182 3195 9176 3220 9153 3220 9175

          3218 9182



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