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000 

WGUS54 KJAN 130233

FFWJAN

MSC091-130500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

830 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



AT 830 PM...MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER 

CONTINUED TO RISE ON LOWER LITTLE CREEK AT THE HIGHWAY 43 BRIDGE.  

WHILE THE RISE IN WATER LEVEL HERE WILL LIKELY NOT BE QUITE AS GREAT 

AS THAT OBSERVED FARTHER TO THE EAST...WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 

RISE UNTIL BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM FROM HIGHWAY 43 TO THE PEARL RIVER 

AND COULD RISE TO OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROADWAY.



ADDITIONALLY...FLOOD WATERS CONTINUED ALONG THE CREEK THROUGH MARION 

COUNTY.  WATER WAS STILL ACROSS HIGHWAY 13...WHICH IS CLOSED.  

ADDITIONALLY...WATER WAS STILL IN HOMES NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF 

PINEBUR...WITH A NUMBER OF ROADS FLOODED IN THESE AREAS. THE 

FLOODWATERS APPEAR TO HAVE CRESTED IN THESE AREAS.



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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000 

WGUS54 KJAN 130233

FFWJAN

MSC091-130500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

830 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



AT 830 PM...MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER 

CONTINUED TO RISE ON LOWER LITTLE CREEK AT THE HIGHWAY 43 BRIDGE.  

WHILE THE RISE IN WATER LEVEL HERE WILL LIKELY NOT BE QUITE AS GREAT 

AS THAT OBSERVED FARTHER TO THE EAST...WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 

RISE UNTIL BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM FROM HIGHWAY 43 TO THE PEARL RIVER 

AND COULD RISE TO OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROADWAY.



ADDITIONALLY...FLOOD WATERS CONTINUED ALONG THE CREEK THROUGH MARION 

COUNTY.  WATER WAS STILL ACROSS HIGHWAY 13...WHICH IS CLOSED.  

ADDITIONALLY...WATER WAS STILL IN HOMES NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF 

PINEBUR...WITH A NUMBER OF ROADS FLOODED IN THESE AREAS. THE 

FLOODWATERS APPEAR TO HAVE CRESTED IN THESE AREAS.



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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