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WGUS74 KJAN 060059

FFSJAN

MSC031-061-129-060230-



FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

700 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 830 PM CST.



AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 

AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED 

COUNTIES...PARTICULARLY OVER SMITH...NORTHERN AND WESTERN JASPER... 

AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN 

SMITH...JASPER...AND COVINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM. THIS WILL 

CAUSE EXPANDING FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.



LAT...LON 3225 8965 3198 8965 3178 8965 3167 8975

          3152 8949 3186 8943 3187 8896 3216 8901



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