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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

547 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008



ARC017-LAC035-041-065-083-107-123-MSC011-015-021-043-051-053-055-083-

125-133-149-151-163-100200-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CHICOT AR-WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-RICHLAND LA-TENSAS LA-

FRANKLIN LA-CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-GRENADA MS-

LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-WASHINGTON MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-SHARKEY MS-

ISSAQUENA MS-YAZOO MS-MADISON LA-

547 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR

YAZOO...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...

CARROLL...LEFLORE...GRENADA...SUNFLOWER...BOLIVAR...WARREN...

CLAIBORNE AND CHICOT COUNTIES...AND MADISON...FRANKLIN...TENSAS...

RICHLAND...EAST CARROLL AND WEST CARROLL PARISHES...



AT 541 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR STORM TOTALS ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES 

HAVE FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WARNED AREA.



HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING AND FLASH 

FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCMILLAN

CORNER...HOLCOMB...LEFLORE...COILA...BLACK HAWK...SEVEN PINES...

MALMAISON...JEFFERSON...TEOC...AVALON...MINTER CITY...SUNNYSIDE...

MONEY...QUITO...SWIFTOWN...HOLLY RIDGE...BLAINE...DEESON...SCOTT...

LAMONT...WINTERVILLE...TRIBBETT...WAYSIDE...DARLOVE...ESTILL...

AVON...LAKE VILLAGE...SUNFLOWER...SIDON...SHELBY...SHAW...

RULEVILLE...ROSEDALE...RENOVA...NORTH CARROLLTON...MOUND BAYOU...

MOORHEAD...METCALFE...LELAND...ITTA BENA...ISOLA...INVERNESS...

INDIANOLA...GUNNISON...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...DREW...CLEVELAND...

BOYLE AND BENOIT



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3377 9017 3370 9028 3380 8982 3279 9009

      3255 9067 3200 9123 3197 9188 3213 9187

      3228 9203 3278 9142 3301 9128 3355 9143

      3352 9126 3360 9116 3372 9121 3368 9104

      3400 9107 3397 9097 3406 9085



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