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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

117 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



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JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-

117 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ROCKY SPRINGS...HERMANVILLE AND PORT GIBSON



NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAVE WATER COVERING 

THEM. AS MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVES OVER THE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3186 9131 3182 9125 3187 9126 3199 9116

      3203 9107 3208 9115 3206 9105 3210 9100

      3209 9092 3213 9091 3216 9078 3219 9078

      3222 9073 3162 9074 3162 9115 3165 9126

      3176 9133 3175 9128 3177 9126 3177 9137



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