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WGUS74 KJAN 021847

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

147 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-

147 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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

AND SMITH COUNTIES...



AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED 

MORE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND THIS WILL MOVE INTO 

THE WARNING AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 115 PM CDT TO ACCOUNT FOR 

THIS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

LIKELY AS WE GO INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. 



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

BRANCH...LUDLOW...HARPERVILLE...HILLSBORO...STEELE...MORTON AND

FOREST



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 8965 3206 8966 3206 8972 3238 8973

      3259 8978 3261 8974 3263 8973 3258 8973

      3258 8932 3181 8933 3179 8965



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