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WGUS74 KJAN 030500

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1200 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



LAC041-107-030715-

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TENSAS LA-FRANKLIN LA-

1200 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



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

FRANKLIN AND TENSAS PARISHES...



AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO

TRACK BANDS OF TROPICAL SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 4 IN 

WINNSBORO. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL STREETS IN AND AROUND WINNSBORO THAT

ARE BLOCKADED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. SPOTTERS ALSO HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL

INCHES OF WATER AT WILSON ROAD AND HIGHWAY 4 IN FRANKLIN PARISH. 



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

NEWLIGHT...LIDDIEVILLE...CROWVILLE...BAKERS...AFTON...WINNSBORO AND

NEWELLTON



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3234 9175 3241 9163 3238 9145 3222 9153

      3226 9113 3216 9116 3213 9103 3206 9107

      3208 9115 3203 9107 3182 9125 3184 9134

      3176 9136 3176 9126 3175 9128 3176 9153

      3197 9159 3188 9178 3208 9192



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