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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

940 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



ARC017-LAC035-065-083-123-MSC055-151-040330-

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

ISSAQUENA MS-MADISON LA-

940 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

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

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



AT 930 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE 6

PM FROM JUST NORTH OF GREENVILLE ACROSS THE CITY OF GREENVILLE...TO

GLEN ALLAN...TO LAKE PROVIDENCE...TO JUST NORTH OF DELHI. AROUND

5.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN

EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS

BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA.  



RADAR SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORRENTIAL 

RAIN WERE BEGINNING TO PUSH EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...ALTHOUGH 

TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF WASHINGTON AND

ISSAQUENA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS EASTERN PARTS OF EAST CARROLL AND

MADISON PARISHES. 



OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE MONDAY...AND EXTENSIVE

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING

WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING UPON ITS EXPIRATION.



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

MILLIKIN...GASSOWAY...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...ESTILL...AVON...GLEN

ALLAN...GRACE...EUDORA...OAK GROVE...METCALFE...LELAND AND GREENVILLE



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.



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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