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WGUS74 KJAN 011541

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1041 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



MSC049-011645-

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HINDS MS-

1041 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR 

WESTERN HINDS COUNTY...



AT 1034 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS HEAVIEST RAINS 

WERE LOCATED NEAR EDWARDS...MOVING SOUTH AT 12 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE INDICATED ALONG THE 

BIG BLACK RIVER GENERALLY WEST OF A BROWNSVILLE TO UTICA LINE SINCE 

8 AM CDT. THE RAINS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTH BY 11 AM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3249 9057 3252 9049 3248 9045 3217 9051

      3216 9071



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