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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1117 AM CST THU MAR 1 2001



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

MISSISSIPPI - SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TODAY AND

TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84...

ALONG A LINE FROM NATCHEZ TO BROOKHAVEN TO LAUREL. THIS WATCH

INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JACKSON...VICKSBURG...MERIDIAN...GREENWOOD...

GREENVILLE...AND COLUMBUS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED DURING THE NIGHT

OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONT IS

CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. WARM...MOIST AIR

WILL PUSH OVER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY

RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.



SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF

SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED

EARLIER THIS WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAIN...FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...

COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND

OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR

WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE

INTO FRIDAY. EVERYONE LIVING IN RIVER FLOOD-PLAINS...OR POORLY

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

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.



PERIODS OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEK-END. MANY

LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE RAINFALL INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.



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

OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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