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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

538 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATTALA - LEAKE - AND 

NESHOBA COUNTIES THIS EVENING...



AT 535 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER HOLMES AND ATTALA COUNTIES. THE STORMS 

WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY...INTO 

NESHOBA COUNTY.



AT 530 PM...AN OBSERVER IN KOSCIUSKO REPORTED 8.45 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE 245 PM. CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS THAT THE TOWN OF KOSCIUSKO IS 

INUNDATED...WITH MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE. EVACUATIONS HAVE ALSO BEGUN 

IN NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY. WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN TO COME...THE 

SITUATION WILL ONLY GET WORSE THIS EVENING.



LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS IMMINENT...OR ALREADY OCCURRING...IN 

THESE AREAS. ABANDON LOW-LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS FOR HIGHER 

GROUND DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS...AND ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE 

IMMEDIATELY IF IT BEGINS TO FLOAT AWAY. MOVE AWAY FROM SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...WHICH CAN BECOME RAGING TORRENTS IN A VERY SHORT TIME

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