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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1025 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH AND EASTERN 

MISSISSIPPI...



IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA...

ALONG WITH THE CITIES OF MERIDIAN...HATTIESBURG...LAUREL...

COLUMBUS...PHILADELPHIA...AND BROOKHAVEN.



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. THE VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL 

SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST...AND 

THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD BEGIN DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. 

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE CANCELED WHEN THE RAIN DIMINISHES...BUT 

UNTIL THEN...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. 



THE SOILS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ARE ALREADY AT 

OR NEAR SATURATION FROM EARLIER RAINFALL EVENTS. RAIN THAT FALLS 

WILL BE IN EXCESS AND WILL BECOME RUN-OFF. THIS EXCESS RAIN WILL 

INDUCE PONDING OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. SINCE 

MANY AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY STRAINED FROM 

RAINFALL LAST WEEK...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



TRAVELERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OVERNIGHT. DO NOT

DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW

AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A

WARNING IS ISSUED.



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.

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