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WGUS74 KJAN 280806

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

206 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



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CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-

206 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR

MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES...



AT 159 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 

PAST TWO HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LODI...

SWEATMAN...MALMAISON...JEFFERSON...TEOC...AVALON...WINONA...NORTH

CARROLLTON AND DUCK HILL



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT 

TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.



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 3347 8951 3346 8938 3344 8941 3345 8943

      3344 8945 3339 8945 3338 8947 3342 9009

      3367 9009 3368 8951



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