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WGUS54 KJAN 060555

FFWJAN

MSC029-085-121-060900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1150 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 AM CST



* AT 1150 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER RANKIN...LINCOLN AND COPIAH 

  COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN COULD BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. SOILS ARE

  SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE RUNOFF WHICH WILL

  ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING THESE STORMS ARE MOVING OFF TO    

  THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



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 3150 9060 3166 9066 3202 9065 3205 9023

          3221 9020 3250 8985 3211 8980 3211 9001

          3198 9022 3155 9031 3144 9045



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