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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

951 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-

951 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR

LAMAR AND FORREST COUNTIES...



AT 945 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A BAND OF 

HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS FORREST 

COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH...BUT THE 

BAND ITSELF WAS STATIONARY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR ARE OCCURRING 

WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS...AND THAT 10 TO 12 INCHES OF TOTAL 

RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER EASTERN FORREST COUNTY FROM BROOKLYN TO 

EASTABUCHIE. 



NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE PETAL AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH 1130 AM WILL CONTINUE 

TO EXACERBATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION  WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS LIKELY...AND SOME FLOODING OF HOMES AND 

BUSINESSES COULD OCCUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...MCLAURIN...ROCK

HILL...BAXTERVILLE...WEST HATTIESBURG...SUMRALL...PURVIS...PETAL AND

HATTIESBURG



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.



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

FOR MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3101 8933 3101 8935 3102 8942 3099 8944

      3101 8947 3101 8950 3103 8951 3103 8955

      3101 8955 3101 8965 3144 8965 3143 8913

      3092 8914 3092 8933



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