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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

951 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008



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LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-

951 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

OKTIBBEHA AND LOWNDES COUNTIES...



AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD MOVE BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA BEFORE 

1030 PM HAVE BEEN RECENTLY DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH IN WINSTON AND 

NOXUBEE COUNTIES.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3329 8830 3329 8901 3357 8899 3357 8867

      3351 8866 3351 8861 3352 8854 3355 8852

      3353 8847 3354 8847 3355 8849 3358 8848



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