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WGUS74 KJAN 021852

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

152 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



MSC061-067-101-021930-

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JONES MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-

152 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

NEWTON...JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES...



AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED 

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HEAVIER RAIN 

MAY MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

WHICH WOULD AGGRAVATE FLOODING CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED. 



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

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

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

NEWTON...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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