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WGUS74 KJAN 251426

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

920 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005



MSC049-089-163-251645-

HINDS MS-MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-

920 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR 

EASTERN YAZOO...WESTERN MADISON AND CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES...



AT 912 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

STEADILY MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH NEAR 

BENTONIA WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING RIGHT ALONG THE BIG BLACK RIVER...SO IN 

ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG 

THE RIVER WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



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

UTICA...RAYMOND...FLORA...EDWARDS...CLINTON AND BOLTON.



HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WITH TOTALS 

OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS NEAR 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



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 3294 9018 3233 9069 3208 9069 3205 9047

      3287 8995



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