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WGUS74 KJAN 010718

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

115 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-010930-

COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-

JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-

115 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON

DAVIS...MARION...LAMAR...FORREST...JONES AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 112 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

HATTIESBURG...PETAL AND HATTIESBURG.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION.  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.  STORM TOTALS NOW 

RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES INCLUDING RAINFALL LAST NIGHT IN A BROAD 

SWATH FROM MARION COUNTY TO JONES AND FORREST COUNTIES.  



THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN FROM NORTHERN MARION COUNTY 

TO CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST JONES COUNTY.  SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE...WITH 

FLOODING OF MAJOR HIGHWAYS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3175 8997 3140 8995 3139 9003 3119 9002

      3118 8999 3114 8999 3113 8916 3144 8915

      3145 8894 3177 8894



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