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WGUS74 KJAN 011231

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

622 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



MSC023-061-075-101-011445-

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

622 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



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

NEWTON...JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES...



AT 617 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY 

REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 493 HAD WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT BUNTIN GUNN 

ROAD.  IN ADDITION...SEVERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAD OCCURRED DUE TO 

WATER ON ROADWAYS.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER...THOUGH LINGERING SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED 

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING 

FROM THOSE RAINS. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT A BAND OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

IN THE PAST FEW HOURS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAUSING LARGE RISES 

ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.  MONTROSE...GARLANDVILLE...

HICKORY...CHUNKY...ENTERPRISE...NELLISBURG. ..AND MARIAN.  



STORM TOTALS IN THE PAST 36 HOURS HAVE RANGED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES 

OVER A LARGE PART OF THE EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3258 8930 3256 8892 3257 8891 3257 8840

      3191 8848 3186 8870 3182 8931 3182 8931



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