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WGUS54 KJAN 250813

FFWJAN

MSC067-251110-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

210 AM CST WED FEB 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 510 AM CST



* AT 210 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF LAUREL 

...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH PER HOUR IS EXPECTED

BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM. 



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS 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 3164 8932 3152 8917 3176 8896 3178 8929



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