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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



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

MISSISSIPPI - SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT 

THROUGH FRIDAY...



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 UP TO ONE INCH FELL EARLIER TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH TWO AND ONE HALF 

INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONTAL ZONE 

CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BOW NORTHWARD 

EARLY FRIDAY. WARM...MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE OVER THE 

FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRODUCE MORE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL...TONIGHT THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.



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 IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

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

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



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

THIS WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED. SOME LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE RAINFALL

INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.



KEEP UP TO DATE ON LATER DEVELOPMENTS AND STATEMENTS. STAY TUNED TO

NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR CABLE

TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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