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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

502 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED OR BEEN CANCELED FOR...



SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT...



AT 500 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED

TO LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH PER HOUR OVER MOST OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE FAST MOVEMENT OF LIGHT 

RAIN ACROSS THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS PRECLUDES THE NEED 

FOR CONTINUING THE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME.  



HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL BE BUILDING AGAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

THIS EVENING.  THEREFORE...HEAVY RAIN SHOULD REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT

IN MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND MORE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY 

BECOME NECESSARY. DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.



REMEMBER...FLOODING AT NIGHT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND 

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON.  

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