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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

114 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2008



MSC015-021-029-037-043-049-051-063-083-085-089-097-163-040745-

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JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-HINDS MS-MADISON MS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN MS-

GRENADA MS-LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-HOLMES MS-COPIAH MS-

YAZOO MS-

114 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR

YAZOO...COPIAH...HOLMES...MONTGOMERY...CARROLL...LEFLORE...GRENADA...

LINCOLN...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HINDS...CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON

COUNTIES...



AT 1257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THE BAND WAS LOCATED ALONG A 

LINE EXTENDING FROM TCHULA TO LITTLE YAZOO TO DRY GROVE AND WAS 

SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SIDON...RAYMOND...GREENWOOD...TOLARVILLE...BENTON...HOWARD...

MYRLEVILLE...FLORA...COXBURG...CLINTON...POCAHONTAS...MIDWAY...

AVALON...SEVEN PINES...LEFLORE...BROZVILLE...TEOC...TERRY...

EBENEZER...LEXINGTON...ANNANDALE...MALMAISON...BLACK HAWK...

JACKSON...HOLCOMB...COILA...MISTERTON...GORE SPRINGS...ELLIOTT...BEW

SPRINGS...JEFFERSON...EMORY...FRANKLIN...BOWLING GREEN...MCMILLAN...

WAY...GLUCKSTADT...VAUGHAN...WINONA...VAIDEN...PICKENS...NORTH

CARROLLTON...GRENADA...GOODMAN...DURANT AND DUCK HILL



AREAS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE ALREADY SEEN 

BETWEEN 3 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN LEADING TO VERY SATURATED GROUNDS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS POSSIBLY GREATER THAN 2 

INCHES IN SOME AREAS. THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE 

AREA AND COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SERIOUS FLOODING OF STREAMS AND 

BAYOUS.



THE GREATEST CONCERN COULD BE ACROSS HINDS AND YAZOO COUNTIES WHERE 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FALLING. THIS LINE IS ALSO SLOWING DOWN 

CONSIDERABLY AND COULD EVENTUALLY SIT OVER THE JACKSON METRO AND 

PEARL RIVER DROPPING 2 TO 4 INCHES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME 

QUICKLY LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



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 MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3204 9030 3171 9073 3137 9074 3138 9109

      3185 9091 3188 9124 3203 9107 3209 9114

      3216 9078 3235 9070 3236 9063 3253 9055

      3256 9064 3293 9050 3302 9037 3312 9042

      3314 9032 3326 9036 3373 9018 3387 8950



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