Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 2, 2001, 1:53 PM CST (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 2001, 5:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

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WGUS54 KJAN 021954
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-127-129-022300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
153 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 153 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

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.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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LAT...LON 3146 8994 3188 8933 3223 8933 3223 8950
          3194 8974 3175 8997 3164 9003 3159 9011
8          3156 9011 3154 9005

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.