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WGUS74 KJAN 040034

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

734 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



ARC017-LAC035-065-083-123-MSC055-151-040130-

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CHICOT AR-WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-RICHLAND LA-WASHINGTON MS-

ISSAQUENA MS-MADISON LA-

734 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

ISSAQUENA...WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES...AND MADISON...

RICHLAND...EAST CARROLL AND WEST CARROLL PARISHES...



...DANGEROUS EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE ARKLAMISS DELTA...



AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 2 TO 5 

INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. 



THE AIRPORT IN GREENVILLE HAS REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 

PM...INCLUDING 1.32 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.



10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS OVER

MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING.

THESE HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL ONLY ADD TO THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM

ALONG BAYOU MACON BETWEEN WEST AND EAST CARROLL PARISHES...AND

AREAS ALONG THE BAYOU AND SMALLER BAYOUS AND STREAMS THAT FEED INTO

BAYOU MACON WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RISING WATER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA BY 830 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY

RIDGE...WARDEN...DARNELL...GOODWILL...WINTERVILLE...EUDORA...

RAYVILLE...OAK GROVE...METCALFE AND LELAND



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3261 9172 3264 9164 3269 9162 3273 9163

      3315 9126 3352 9122 3353 9076 3349 9075

      3309 9092 3253 9107 3255 9110 3252 9112

      3248 9109 3242 9110 3242 9187



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