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WGUS74 KJAN 060145

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

842 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005



MSC077-060300-

LAWRENCE MS-

842 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE

COUNTY...



AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SILVER CREEK AREA AND PORTIONS OF 

NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

OMA...SILVER CREEK AND NEW HEBRON.



RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3152 9024 3153 8998 3176 8998 3172 9025



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