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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

124 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



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CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-WEBSTER MS-MONTGOMERY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-

124 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR

NORTHERN CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...

WEBSTER...LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 117 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO 

HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTPELIER



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM WITH 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR 

CONTINUED RAINFALL...THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. REPORTS 

IN WEBSTER COUNTY INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE 

TO WATER. IN ADDITION...A HOUSE IS REPORTED TO HAVE FOUR FEET OF 

WATER IN IT. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD

FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

AREAS: THE MASONIC SUBDIVISION ALONG MAGBY CREEK...AREAS ALONG THE

LUXIPALILA CREEK FROM CBDG CONTINUANCE SOUTH OF MAIN AND WEST OF

COLUMBUS...SOUTH OF 182. THE MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN

INCLUDING 15TH STREET AT COLLEGE STREET...LOCATIONS ALONG MOORES

CREEK...AND THE COLUMBUS BRICK DETENTION POND.



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 3330 8833 3346 8947 3370 8950 3373 8931

      3373 8919 3375 8918 3375 8903 3376 8894

      3379 8893 3382 8873 3381 8871 3369 8871

      3369 8849 3367 8847 3370 8837 3375 8831

      3374 8825



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