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WGUS74 KJAN 141221

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

721 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

721 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES...AND EAST CARROLL AND WEST CARROLL

PARISHES...



AT 710 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED

ROADWAYS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AS A RESULT OF 

RECENT HEAVY RAINS. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED 

AREA...BUT HIGH WATER SITUATIONS MAY REMAIN THROUGH 8 AM WITH SOME 

SMALL CREEKS AND RUNOFF AREAS NOT LOWERING IN WATER LEVELS UNTIL 

THAT TIME AS WELL. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHICOT

JUNCTION...TRIBBETT...WAYSIDE...ESTILL...AVON...EUDORA AND LELAND



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3276 9158 3279 9159 3285 9156 3290 9148

      3298 9143 3319 9135 3354 9076 3326 9079

      3303 9115 3293 9122 3269 9153 3269 9162



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