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000 

WGUS74 KJAN 131523

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1023 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009



MSC025-087-105-131715-

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CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-

1023 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 1022 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED 

RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH...HAVE OCCURRED IN 

THE PAST HOUR ACROSS SOME OF THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALA ALTO...

MONTPELIER AND CALEDONIA



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR AT 

LEAST THE NEXT HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS

MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 3330 8829 3344 8884 3358 8902 3375 8903

      3376 8894 3382 8892 3382 8872 3369 8871

      3369 8849 3367 8847 3370 8837 3375 8831

      3375 8825 3370 8824



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