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WGUS54 KJAN 300057

FFWJAN

MSC079-089-300255-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

758 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 955 PM CDT



* AT 754 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN

  TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...OR FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF CANTON

  TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY     

  STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN   

  HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREAS   

  WITH MORE EXPECTED. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY                  

  RISING WATER...ESPECIALLY AROUND CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING    

  AREAS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.



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 3267 8973 3273 8998 3276 9002 3279 9002

      3283 9000 3287 8995 3286 8974 3292 8973

      3293 8932 3258 8932 3259 8971



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