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WGUS74 KJAN 092000

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

300 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



MSC019-097-155-092145-

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WEBSTER MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS-

300 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR

CHOCTAW...MONTGOMERY AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER

THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES REMAIN FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE LARGEST 

RAINFALL TOTALS WERE NEAR 3.75 INCHES AROUND TOLLISON AND NEAR 3.5 

INCHES AROUND ALVA. THE HEAVY RAIN WAS SHIFTING EAST...HOWEVER MORE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WARNED AREA OVER 

THE NEXT 2 HOURS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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

CUMBERLAND...CLARKSON...BELLEFONTAINE...EMBRY...LODI...SWEATMAN...

WINONA...MATHISTON...KILMICHAEL...EUPORA AND DUCK HILL



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3357 8902 3358 8909 3322 8911 3322 8921

      3313 8921 3313 8930 3330 8931 3331 8964

      3342 8963 3343 8979 3367 8972 3367 8951

      3371 8947 3374 8904



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