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WGUS74 KJAN 021557

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1057 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-

1057 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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

LAMAR AND FORREST COUNTIES...



AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA. MOST OF THE RAIN HAS BECOME CONFINED TO EASTERN LAMAR 

AND FORREST COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

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

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



SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN BROOKLYN WITH 

WATER APPROACHING OR COMING INTO HOMES THERE. 



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 3101 8933 3102 8942 3099 8944 3101 8947

      3121 8950 3144 8960 3143 8913 3092 8914

      3092 8933



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