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WGUS74 KJAN 021433

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

933 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-

933 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES...



AT 927 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

TRACKING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES. THE INDIVIDUAL 

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH...BUT THE BAND ITSELF WAS NEARLY 

STATIONARY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IS 

FALLING OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES...AND THAT TOTAL RAINFALL OF 6 TO 

12 INCHES HAS BEEN COMMON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS 

LIKELY BY 1115 AM.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OF ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IS LIKELY...AND FLOODING OF 

STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR.



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

FORKVILLE...BRANCH...LUDLOW...HARPERVILLE...HILLSBORO...STEELE...

MORTON AND FOREST



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON

FOR MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3203 8965 3206 8966 3206 8972 3238 8973

      3259 8978 3264 8973 3258 8973 3258 8932

      3181 8933 3179 8965



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