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000 

WGUS74 KJAN 191625

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1122 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



MSC043-191700-

/X.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070619T1700Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GRENADA MS-

1122 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 1118 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF GRENADA 

COUNTY.



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

RAIN PER HOUR ACROSS A PORTION OF GRENADA COUNTY. SINCE 10 AM...3 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE VERY 

SLOWLY AND ACTUALLY BUILD BACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ALLOWING FOR AN 

EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.



NEARLY 5 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. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPECTED WITH MANY ROADS 

BECOMING FLOODED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER.



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



$$



CME

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000 

WGUS74 KJAN 191625

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1122 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



MSC043-191700-

/X.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070619T1700Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GRENADA MS-

1122 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 1118 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF GRENADA 

COUNTY.



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

RAIN PER HOUR ACROSS A PORTION OF GRENADA COUNTY. SINCE 10 AM...3 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE VERY 

SLOWLY AND ACTUALLY BUILD BACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ALLOWING FOR AN 

EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.



NEARLY 5 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. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPECTED WITH MANY ROADS 

BECOMING FLOODED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER.



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



$$



CME

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