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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

730 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



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JEFFERSON MS-ADAMS MS-

730 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR ADAMS

AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 722 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST FEW 

HOURS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY AND WESTERN 

JEFFERSON COUNTY.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALREADY IN PROGRESS 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 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...STANTON...PINE RIDGE 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



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

      3139 9147 3153 9151 3159 9141 3165 9151

      3162 9142 3174 9138 3176 9126 3177 9137

      3186 9132 3187 9102 3179 9074 3162 9074

      3162 9115 3134 9116 3138 9132 3123 9149



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