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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1005 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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JEFFERSON MS-ADAMS MS-

1005 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

ADAMS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

TRACK BANDS OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN

COMMON OVER THE LAST DAY OR SO OVER MUCH OF JEFFERSON AND EASTERN 

ADAMS COUNTIES. IN SOME LOCATIONS AS MUCH AS FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 7 PM THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALREADY IN 

PROGRESS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES THROUGH 1 AM WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION

CHURCH...MCBRIDE...BLUE HILL...RED LICK...LORMAN...MCNAIR...

STAMPLEY...CHURCH HILL...CRANFIELD...STANTON...PINE RIDGE...NATCHEZ

AND FAYETTE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3125 9164 3126 9165 3130 9150 3142 9157

      3138 9151 3138 9149 3153 9151 3159 9140

      3164 9149 3162 9142 3176 9126 3177 9137

      3186 9131 3179 9074 3161 9075 3161 9115

      3135 9116 3138 9132 3123 9149



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