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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

548 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008



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GRENADA MS-

548 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

GRENADA COUNTY...



AT 547 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

OCCURRING AROUND GRENADA AS A RESULT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED 

THROUGH THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN

HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME...BUT WATER LEVELS IN SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE IN SOME AREAS THROUGH 6 PM. 

RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS

THE COUNTY SINCE 9 AM THIS MORNING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MISTERTON...

GORE SPRINGS...BEW SPRINGS...HOLCOMB...LEFLORE AND GRENADA



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3391 8976 3388 8973 3387 8951 3370 8951

      3368 8967 3368 9013 3374 9015 3379 9007

      3380 8993 3390 8992

TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 180DEG 0KT 3368 9005



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