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WGUS74 KJAN 120944

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

444 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



LAC035-MSC051-053-055-125-151-163-121045-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

EAST CARROLL LA-WASHINGTON MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-SHARKEY MS-

ISSAQUENA MS-YAZOO MS-

444 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



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

YAZOO...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...HUMPHREYS...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON

COUNTIES...AND EAST CARROLL PARISH...



AT 438 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE AS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING SOUTHEAST 

ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MOVE EAST INTO THE WARNED AREA. 



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

DARLOVE...ESTILL...AVON...BOWLING GREEN...TCHULA...ISOLA...HOLLANDALE

AND BELZONI



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 3333 9076 3328 9076 3328 9055 3331 9055

      3329 9045 3324 9041 3328 9036 3321 8976

      3275 9004 3267 9019 3268 9121 3301 9117

      3305 9112 3314 9116 3315 9109 3322 9109

      3327 9104 3329 9108 3327 9112 3337 9112



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