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WGUS74 KJAN 291846

FFSJAN

MSC035-073-091-291945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

ISSUED BY NWS HUNTSVILLE AL

145 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM FOR MARION...

FORREST...AND LAMAR COUNTIES...



AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE CLUSTERS OF INTENSE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYEWALL OF

HURRICANE KATRINA ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

INDICATE THAT 4 UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAMAR AND FORREST

COUNTIES. ALTOUGH THE RAIN WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE

AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE PURVIS...BROOKLYN...HATTIESBURG

AND SURROUNDING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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 3103 8990 3101 8934 3092 8933 3094 8916

      3142 8915 3138 9003



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