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WGUS74 KJAN 011020

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

410 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



MSC023-061-075-099-101-011445-

CLARKE MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-LAUDERDALE MS-NESHOBA MS-

410 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR NESHOBA...

LAUDERDALE...NEWTON...JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES...



AT 407 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL 

MISSISSIPPI.  A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

WAS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST.  IT SHOULD REACH THE 

MERIDIAN AND BAY SPRINGS AREA AROUND 5 AM.  HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS 

HAVE EXCEEDED ONE INCH IN THE JACKSON AREA IN THE PAST HOUR AS THESE 

STORMS MOVED THROUGH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OKATIBEE

LAKE...UNION...NEWTON...NELLIEBURG...MERIDIAN STATION...MERIDIAN...

MARION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND COLLINSVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN RENEWED FLASH FLOODING.



STORM TOTALS IN THE PAST TWO DAYS HAVE REACHED 4 TO 6 INCHES IN A 

FEW LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST NEWTON...NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE...AND 

EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY.  



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT A FOOT OF 

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3258 8930 3259 8893 3257 8891 3257 8840

      3191 8848 3186 8870 3182 8931 3182 8931



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