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WGUS74 KJAN 021834

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

134 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN MS-COPIAH MS-

134 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR

COPIAH...LINCOLN...FRANKLIN...CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED

TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH AND 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. A VERY SERIOUS 

SCENARIO CONTINUES TO UNFOLD WITH MANY ROADS UNDER WATER IN THE 

WARNING AREA. UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 

THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS 

LIKELY AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 

SITUATION AND PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOODED 

AREAS.



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

MARTINSVILLE...GLANCY...ALLEN...BARLOW...DENTVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...

HERMANVILLE...PEYTON...PATTISON...MCBRIDE...BLUE HILL...WESSON...

HAZLEHURST AND CRYSTAL 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 3203 9096 3203 9032 3137 9033 3136 9097



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