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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1208 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



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GRENADA MS-

1208 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR

GRENADA COUNTY...



AT 1202 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT THREE 

HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN 

ADDITION TO THE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE DAY. 

BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED THREAT OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN...THIS 

WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS

AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROAD.FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3387 8950 3369 8952 3368 9011 3380 9014

      3381 8991 3389 8992



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