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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1045 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



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

MISSISSIPPI - SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR TODAY 

THROUGH TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS THE ENTIRE JACKSON FORECAST AREA. IN 

MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JACKSON...VICKSBURG... 

NATCHEZ...MERIDIAN...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...HATTIESBURG... 

LAUREL...AND COLUMBUS. IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF 

CROSSETT AND EUDORA. IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF 

TALLULAH...BASTROP...WINNSBORO...AND JONESVILLE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO SEVEN INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE EARLY LAST 

NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL OVER MUCH OF THE 

REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82. THE ENTIRE WATCH 

AREA RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT SOME POINT DURING THE PAST 

WEEK...AND SOILS ARE SATURATED.  REPORTS INDICATE THAT SOME HOMES 

AND BUSINESSES ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD...AND A FEW ROADS ARE 

EXPERIENCING WASH-OUT PROBLEMS IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN OVERNIGHT. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT 

WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FRONTAL 

BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE TO 

INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST AIR...AND SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. 

THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS 

THE ENTIRE AREA...AND THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.  



THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION...PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO 

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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