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WGUS74 KJAN 100006

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

703 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



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MOREHOUSE LA-

703 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

MOREHOUSE PARISH...



AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOREHOUSE 

PARISH.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVER THE LAST HOUR HAS OCCURRED OVER 

EXTREME SOUTHERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...SOUTH AND WEST OF OAK RIDGE... 

WHERE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FROM 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OVER 

OUACHITA PARISH...AND WILL TRACK EAST INTO SOUTHERN MOREHOUSE 

PARISH.  THIS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND 

CREEKS...PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA ALONG HIGHWAYS 133 AND 134 SOUTH 

AND WEST OF OAK RIDGE. 



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 3273 9203 3254 9178 3300 9157 3299 9206



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