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WGUS74 KJAN 102240

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

539 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



MSC043-102300-

GRENADA MS-

539 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

GRENADA COUNTY...



LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

GRENADA COUNTY. NUMEROUS CALLS REGARDING FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF GRENADA BY THE GRENADA EOC.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

FLASH FLOODING WERE WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON SINCE 4 PM ACROSS THE

EASTERN HALF OF GRENADA COUNTY...WITH A FEW SPOTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES

LIKELY TO HAVE OCCURRED NEAR THE CITY OF GRENADA. THIS HAS LIKELY

PRODUCED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...CREEKS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



THE HIGH WATER SHOULD RECEDE RELATIVELY QUICKLY THROUGH THE EARLY 

EVENING HOURS AS THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER...UNTIL

THEN MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 3368 8985 3368 8951 3385 8953 3389 8985



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