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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1100 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL 

MISSISSIPPI - SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA TODAY AND 

THIS EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH 

ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION 

OVERNIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN...FALLING ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED 

FROM EARLIER RAINS...COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF CREEKS... RIVERS... 

DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR 

THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THE THREAT OF

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RETURN LATER IN THE WEEK...PARTICULARLY DURING

THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE LIVING IN RIVER FLOODPLAINS...OR POORLY

DRAINED LOW-LYING AREAS...SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS

WEEK.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...

OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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