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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

505 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR ATTALA

COUNTY.



AT 505 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH

VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS ATTALA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF ATTALA

COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE

WEST OF ATTALA COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ATTALA COUNTY THROUGH

630 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5 AND 630 PM OF UP TO 3

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING OF

STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THIS IS POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ABANDONED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

AREAS  MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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