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WGUS74 KJAN 021843

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

143 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-

143 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR

NESHOBA AND LEAKE COUNTIES...



AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL 

OF UP TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS THIS MORNING AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE UNTIL MID 

AFTERNOON. 



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

FORESTDALE...EDINBURG...PHILADELPHIA AND PEARL RIVER



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 3293 8945 3291 8893 3259 8892 3258 8932



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