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WGUS74 KJAN 021512

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1012 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-JASPER MS-

1012 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

JASPER...JONES AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 1004 AM CDT...A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS ACROSS MUCH OF JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. THE 

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

WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IS 

OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY...AND THAT A TOTAL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES 

HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHWESTERN JASPER AND MUCH OF JONES COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH MORE AFTER 

THAT TIME.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION WIDESPREAD 

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

BUSINESSES COULD BE FLOODED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...MOSS...STRINGER...SANDERSVILLE...LAUREL...

HEIDELBERG AND BAY SPRINGS



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.



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

FOR MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3144 8958 3178 8961 3181 8932 3222 8932

      3207 8895 3145 8897



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