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WGUS54 KJAN 250625

FFWJAN

MSC091-251020-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1219 AM CST WED FEB 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 420 AM CST



* AT 1219 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ABOUT 5 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE COUNTY. AN ESTIMATED HALF INCH TO ONE INCH

PER HOUR IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS AS ANOTHER WAVE

OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY

RAINS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM.

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE COUNTY ROAD UNDER WATER SOUTH OF 

COLUMBIA.



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. SINCE THE PEARL IS 

BANK FULL ADDITIONAL...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 3123 8997 3104 8975 3118 8968 3140 8976



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