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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

941 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



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BOLIVAR MS-

941 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

BOLIVAR COUNTY...



AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE 

STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 

MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

GUNNISON...DEESON...SHELBY...MOUND BAYOU...BOYLE...RENOVA AND

CLEVELAND



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3362 9067 3361 9076 3354 9078 3355 9124

      3356 9125 3361 9116 3370 9124 3380 9112

      3379 9101 3385 9106 3393 9101 3399 9108

      3396 9099 3409 9088 3410 9089 3412 9095

      3413 9094 3413 9066

TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 238DEG 21KT 3385 9090 3361 9095



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