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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



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

MISSISSIPPI - SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT  

THROUGH SATURDAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE JACKSON FORECAST 

AREA EXCEPT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 NINE INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE EARLY 

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

MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN 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 REMAIN SATURATED. REPORTS INDICATE THAT HOMES 

ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD...AND NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE 

EXPERIENCING WASH-OUT PROBLEMS IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.   



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT 

THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS UP TO FIVE 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 CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE 

AREA.  



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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