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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

450 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005



MSC031-065-311230-

COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-

450 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON

DAVIS AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 447 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST 

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY AND CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT OLIVE 

AND COLLINS. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT NEAR 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.



MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS THE TRACK 

EAST NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3140 8996 3150 8940 3180 8941 3173 8975

      3165 8996



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