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WGUS54 KJAN 262059

FFWJAN

MSC051-053-133-262255-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

358 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 555 PM CDT



* AT 358 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM WACO TO DURANT.  HOURLY RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS WITHIN THIS LINE WERE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH.  THE 

  HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER ISOLA...WHERE DOPPLER 

  RADAR SHOWED HOURLY AMOUNTS APPROACHING 2.5 INCHES.  WITH 

  PERSISTENT RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER AN ALREADY 

  WET GROUND...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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 3359 9048 3328 9047 3323 9041 3336 9024

      3323 8979 3292 8995 3292 8995 3308 9036

      3303 9046 3295 9046 3295 9064 3318 9065

      3331 9074 3358 9076 3358 9076



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