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WGUS74 KJAN 021654

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1154 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



MSC061-067-101-021730-

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JONES MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-

1154 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

NEWTON...JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES...



AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTH TO NEWTON AND 

NORTHEAST JASPER COUNTIES FOR NOW...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS 

APPROACHING JONES COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 

INCHES ESTIMATED BY AREA RADARS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES IS LIKELY AS WE GO INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



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

LAWRENCE...ROBERTS...STRATTON...LITTLE ROCK...DUFFEE...

GARLANDVILLE...ROSE HILL...TURNERVILLE...ORANGE...PAULDING...STAFFORD

SPRINGS...MOSS...STRINGER...SANDERSVILLE...NEWTON...HEIDELBERG...

DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND BAY SPRINGS



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 3179 8939 3181 8931 3258 8932 3258 8891

      3144 8892 3144 8939



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