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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

617 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



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CARROLL MS-

617 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED JUST EAST OF AVALON...MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  

  TEOC BY 615 PM CDT...

  JEFFERSON BY 715 PM CDT...



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN SINCE 5 PM NEAR 

AVALON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3368 8981 3356 8991 3355 9009 3367 9010



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