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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

552 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

HAS BEEN CANCELED...



...A SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE...PERRY AND GREENE

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...

MARENGO...CLARKE AND WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



AT 552 PM CST...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY TO

MID AFTERNOON HOURS OVER WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI HAS ABATED...THUS

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THAT AREA...ALTHOUGH

MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS RAIN

SOAKED PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THIS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING

OF SMALL STREAMS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ACROSS WAYNE...PERRY AND

GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...

MARENGO...CLARKE AND WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 8

PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN...OR NEAR...ANY OF THE FLOOD

PRONE AREAS LISTED ABOVE BE CAREFUL.

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