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WGUS74 KJAN 272147

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

447 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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SCOTT MS-MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-

447 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

LEAKE...MADISON AND SCOTT COUNTIES...



AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS 

GROWING IN SIZE NEAR LUDLOW AND EXPANDING WESTWARD TOWARD INTO THE 

SHARON AREA...WHILE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TUSCOLA...HARPERVILLE AND STEELE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AND POINTS JUST NORTH OF LUDLOW HAVE LIKELY ALREADY 

HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 3 PM.



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.



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 3242 8943 3254 8966 3255 8969 3258 8974

      3259 8977 3260 8979 3270 8976 3261 8933

      3260 8934



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