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WGUS74 KJAN 102212

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

507 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



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LAUDERDALE MS-

507 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

LAUDERDALE COUNTY...



AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW ALONG 

THE ALABAMA STATE LINE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR KEWANEE TO 

JUST EAST OF LAUDERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BEFORE 530 PM WITH RUNOFF 

GRADUALLY SUBSIDING AFTERWARD. HIGH WINDS OF 61 MPH WERE REPORTED AT 

THE MERIDIAN AIRPORT AT 436 PM ALONG WITH ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 

ABOUT 20 MINUTES AS THE STORMS RACED THROUGH. 



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 3246 8880 3222 8880 3228 8845 3257 8842



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