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WGUS74 KJAN 141545

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1045 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



LAC041-083-141600-

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RICHLAND LA-FRANKLIN LA-

1045 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

FRANKLIN AND RICHLAND PARISHES...



THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CDT.



AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT LIGHT RAIN

CONTINUED. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3238 9201 3256 9150 3251 9147 3242 9148

      3237 9145 3235 9150 3235 9147 3230 9150

      3231 9152 3229 9152 3211 9187 3216 9190

      3221 9198 3232 9202



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