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WGUS74 KJAN 102305

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

503 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



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COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-

503 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR JONES

AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...



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

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILL CREEK

TO 6 MILES WEST OF OVETT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES

EAST OF LAUREL TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETAL...MOVING EAST AT 20

MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILL CREEK AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCKERS

  CROSSING BY 505 PM CST...

  OVETT BY 510 PM CST...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED SINCE 2 PM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 3147 8958 3159 8957 3180 8909 3182 8893

      3145 8894 3144 8957

TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 257DEG 19KT 3163 8889 3146 8911



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