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000 

WGUS74 KJAN 141803

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



MSC035-073-141830-

FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-

100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR LAMAR

AND FORREST COUNTIES...

...SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION REPORTED IN WEST HATTIESBURG AREA 

OF LAMAR COUNTY...



AT 1 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING 

A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER 

WASHINGTON PARISH AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIFTING 

NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS OF 

HEAVY RAIN TO FORREST AND LAMAR COUNTIES AROUND 130 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR COULD OCCUR IN THE 

HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.



LAMAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS OF 

HOMES BY BOATS WERE OCCURRING IN WEST HATTIESBURG DUE TO FLOODING.  

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS CENTRAL LAMAR AND NORTHERN FORREST COUNTIES SINCE THE RAIN 

BEGAN THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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

SUNRISE...OAK RIDGE...OLOH...WEST HATTIESBURG...PETAL AND

HATTIESBURG



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3102 8965 3101 8915 3143 8915 3138 8965



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000 

WGUS74 KJAN 141803

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



MSC035-073-141830-

FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-

100 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR LAMAR

AND FORREST COUNTIES...

...SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION REPORTED IN WEST HATTIESBURG AREA 

OF LAMAR COUNTY...



AT 1 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING 

A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER 

WASHINGTON PARISH AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIFTING 

NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS OF 

HEAVY RAIN TO FORREST AND LAMAR COUNTIES AROUND 130 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR COULD OCCUR IN THE 

HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.



LAMAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS OF 

HOMES BY BOATS WERE OCCURRING IN WEST HATTIESBURG DUE TO FLOODING.  

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS CENTRAL LAMAR AND NORTHERN FORREST COUNTIES SINCE THE RAIN 

BEGAN THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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

SUNRISE...OAK RIDGE...OLOH...WEST HATTIESBURG...PETAL AND

HATTIESBURG



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3102 8965 3101 8915 3143 8915 3138 8965



$$



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