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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

449 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



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SUNFLOWER MS-

449 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SUNFLOWER COUNTY...



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND

NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3332 9047 3328 9046 3318 9032 3310 9042

      3297 9046 3296 9062 3312 9062 3327 9070

      3328 9055 3331 9054

TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 180DEG 0KT 3318 9043



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HUMPHREYS MS-

449 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



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

HUMPHREYS COUNTY...



AT 445 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN 3 AND 445 PM OVER 

CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY...INCLUDING BELZONI AND THE SURROUNDING 

AREA. THE HUMPHREYS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN SEVERAL AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY...INCLUDING WATER OVER 

SOME ROADWAYS AND WATER IN THE YARDS OF SEVERAL HOMES. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE FINALLY BEGINNING TO MOVE 

EAST OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY 

OCCURRED WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONTINUING FLASH FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY IN AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE YAZOO RIVER...INCLUDING 

AREAS ALONG SNAKE CREEK AND JACKSON BAYOU. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS 

EVENING...AND THIS MAY REAGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND

NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3332 9047 3328 9046 3318 9032 3310 9042

      3297 9046 3296 9062 3312 9062 3327 9070

      3328 9055 3331 9054

TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 180DEG 0KT 3318 9043



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