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WGUS74 KJAN 011316

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

706 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-011500-

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-

706 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON

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



AT 702 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR.



FORREST COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE 

BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER. IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...7.28 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL IN A RAIN GAUGE NEAR BROOKLYN.  



GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84...WIDESPREAD 24 HOUR RAINFALL OF 3 TO 

5 INCHES WAS OBSERVED...WITH 36 HOUR TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3176 8994 3139 8998 3121 9002 3101 8982

      3102 8935 3093 8933 3092 8913 3144 8915

      3145 8893 3181 8893



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