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WGUS74 KJAN 111727

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1224 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005



MSC051-111745-

HOLMES MS-

1224 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR HOLMES

COUNTY...



AT 1223 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  WATER WAS THREATENING HOMES 

NEAR CRUGER IN NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD 

AIRPORT TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELZONI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF HOLMES COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE 

RAINFALL SHORTLY...MORE HEAVY RAINS LATER WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE 

THREAT OF FLOODING AND A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING SHOULD BE NEEDED 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 



EXCESSIVE 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 3310 9036 3304 9024 3328 8999 3337 9028

      3313 9033



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