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WGUS74 KJAN 121914

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

214 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



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LINCOLN MS-COPIAH MS-

214 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

COPIAH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...



AT 209 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

WAS REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

GALLMAN...GLANCY...BARLOW...DENTVILLE...CARPENTER...HAZLEHURST AND

CRYSTAL SPRINGS



2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 11 AM AND MORE HEAVY RAIN AND 

STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3156 9062 3162 9063 3162 9073 3205 9071

      3205 9023 3200 9022 3194 9016 3191 9016

      3189 9013 3185 9013 3185 9015 3180 9014

      3178 9011 3171 9026 3153 9025



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