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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1043 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



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GRENADA MS-

1043 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR GRENADA

COUNTY...



AT 1039 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS GRENADA COUNTY.



A SLOW MOVING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN PER HOUR ACROSS A PORTION OF GRENADA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL 

MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND ACTUALLY BUILD BACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST 

ALLOWING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.



NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 

THE COUNTY...NEAR THE YALOBUSHA LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH NOON.



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.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT

TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.



LAT...LON 3370 8995 3369 8952 3386 8950 3389 8991

      3382 8993 3380 9005



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