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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

555 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 830 PM CST



AS OF 545 PM...REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE 

THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK IN LAMAR AND MARION 

COUNTIES DUE TO THE BREAK OF BIG BAY LAKE DAM IN LAMAR COUNTY. 



SEVERAL ROADS WERE STILL REPORTED AS FLOODED IN LAMAR COUNTY ALONG 

LOWER LITTLE CREEK. IN MARION COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORT AT LEAST TWO HOMES WERE UNDERWATER NEAR THE 

COMMUNITY OF PINEBUR. WATER WAS BEGINNING TO CREST NEAR PINEBUR. 

DOWNSTREAM FROM PINEBUR...THE HIGH WATER SHOULD BE NEAR THE 

COMMUNITY OF HUB AND APPROACHING THE HIGHWAY 13 BRIDGE ACROSS LOWER 

LITTLE CREEK. A RISE OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THESE 

AREAS. WATER WILL APPROACH...AND POSSIBLY RISE ACROSS...THE ROADWAY 

OF THE HIGHWAY 13 BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK.



WEST OF HIGHWAY 13...THE WATER RISE SHOULD NOT BE AS LARGE AS THE 

WATER FROM THE DAM BEGINS TO ENTER THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE PEARL 

RIVER. A RISE OF 1 TO 1 AND HALF FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MAIN 

CHANNEL OF THE PEARL RIVER BELOW THE MOUTH OF LOWER LITTLE CREEK. 

THIS MEANS THE PEARL SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THIS AREA.



FLOOD WATERS SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS EVENING 

ALONG ALL OF LOWER LITTLE CREEK. UNTIL THEN...PEOPLE IN THIS AREA 

SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  

FLOODWATERS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY...AND POSE A SIGNIFICANT DANGER 

TO HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK AND TO ANY 

VEHICLES WHICH ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT DRIVE 

IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY



LAT...LON 3122 8954 3103 8954 3105 8978 3121 8976



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