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WGUS74 KJAN 142344

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

640 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005



MSC019-105-155-150045-

WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-

640 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CHOCTAW...

OKTIBBEHA AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 635 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A PORTION 

OF HIGHWAY 82 FLOODED IN MATHISTON AND THE ROAD WAS TEMPORARILY 

CLOSED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MATHISTON...

MABEN AND EUPORA.



AT 635 PM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL ONGOING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...HOWEVER A WEAKENING TREND IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING.



SINCE 530 PM...2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 

PM. 



THE MAIN CONCERN...THROUGH 745 PM...IS THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY CAUSING FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3342 8932 3333 8891 3355 8888 3366 8950

      3350 8950



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