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WGUS74 KJAN 222125

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

424 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



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SUNFLOWER MS-HUMPHREYS MS-

424 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



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

HUMPHREYS AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...



AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. WATER WAS COVERING SEVERAL ROADS AROUND BELZONI.



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

MOORHEAD...ISOLA...INVERNESS AND INDIANOLA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3360 9048 3328 9046 3318 9032 3310 9042

      3297 9046 3296 9049 3296 9062 3312 9062

      3327 9070 3357 9073

TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 180DEG 0KT 3318 9042



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