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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

418 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008



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NEWTON MS-

418 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008



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

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

LITTLE ROCK AND DECATUR



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3224 8932 3248 8924 3258 8911 3258 8897

      3230 8897

TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 180DEG 0KT 3239 8924



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