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WGUS74 KJAN 281713

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1207 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008



MSC021-049-121-149-281745-

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CLAIBORNE MS-HINDS MS-RANKIN MS-WARREN MS-

1207 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

WARREN...RANKIN...HINDS AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES...



AT 1207 PM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...FROM VICKSBURG TO JACKSON TO FLOWOOD. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WARREN AND WESTERN HINDS 

COUNTIES...WHERE THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE 

FALLEN SO FAR. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED SO 

FAR AT HAWKINS FIELD IN JACKSON...AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS 

ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN THE FLOWOOD AREA. 



THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED SOME...BUT AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE EARLY 

THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS WOULD AGGRAVATE ANY ON-GOING FLOOD 

PROBLEMS. 



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

BOVINA...JACKSON...FLOWOOD...EDWARDS...CLINTON AND BOLTON



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 3222 9097 3239 9081 3243 9054 3237 8975

      3221 8995 3209 9008 3208 9103

TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 180DEG 0KT 3231 9026



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