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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CST THU JAN 18 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF

   NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF

   WEST MISSISSIPPI...



...FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT ONLY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN

   AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY NORTHWEST

OF BUDE...TO JACKSON...TO GRENADA MISSISSIPPI LINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL

OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.  FARTHER SOUTHEAST...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR

TONIGHT EXPANDS TO INCLUDE AREAS NORTHWEST OF A MERIDIAN...TO

RALEIGH...TO MAGEE...TO MONTICELLO MISSISSIPPI LINE.



THE FLOOD WATCH AREAS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CITIES:



IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...HAMBURG...CROSSETT...LAKE VILLAGE AND EUDORA.



IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...BASTROP...LAKE PROVIDENCE...JONESVILLE...

RAYVILLE...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON AND VIDALIA.



IN MISSISSIPPI...CLEVELAND...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...JACKSON...

CLINTON...BRANDON...VICKSBURG...INDIANOLA...LEXINGTON...YAZOO CITY...

ROLLING FORK...PORT GIBSON...NATCHEZ...BROOKHAVEN...MERIDIAN...

COLUMBUS...STARKVILLE...GRENADA...PHILADELPHIA AND KOSCIUSKO.



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS IN THE

WATCH AREA. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO TAKE

APPROPRIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



RAIN HAS PERSISTED OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS

RESULTING IN NEAR SATURATED SOILS. OVERNIGHT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES

OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER DELTA REGIONS. MORE

RAINS WERE INCREASING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN LOUISIANA THIS

MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHEAST.



A SLOW MOVING...UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO

MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. INCREASING

GULF MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH THE APPROACHING SYSTEM TO PRODUCE

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREAS. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN STEADY RUNOFF INTO RIVERS

AND STREAMS TRIGGERING LOWLAND AND LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING.

RESIDENTS SHOULD ESPECIALLY BEWARE OF AREAS SUCH AS UNDER-PASSES OR

POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS ALONG SECONDARY ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL OR COMMERCIAL T.V

AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD

SITUATION.

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