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WGUS74 KJAN 051254

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

752 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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BOLIVAR MS-

752 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

BOLIVAR COUNTY...



AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY 

ACROSS NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY. UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

JUST NORTH OF GUNNISON ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

OVER THE WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNCAN AND

ALLIGATOR.



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 3383 9066 3395 9100 3397 9097 3400 9099

      3402 9098 3404 9095 3404 9089 3405 9088

      3409 9088 3410 9092 3413 9094 3413 9066



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