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WGUS74 KJAN 061946

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MSZ072-073-062100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

245 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR...



LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEWLY 

DEVELOPING BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE TWO 

COUNTY AREA FROM THE SOUTH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO 

ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 

1 PM MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE PEARL RIVER. 



THE NEW THUNDERSTORMS FORMING SOUTH OF A SANDY HOOK TO LUMBERTON 

LINE WILL MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH WITH RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 

2 INCHES PER HOUR.  THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD INTO THE COLUMBIA 

TO PURVIS AREAS BEFORE 4 PM AND SHOULD AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING.



ALMOST 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN COLUMBIA SINCE MONDAY. SINCE

8 AM THIS MORNING 2.57 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

CENTER. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE BANKFULL WITH STREET FLOODING 

INCREASING. SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE FILLING SAND BAGS 

IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.  



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED FOR AT 

LEAST THE MARION COUNTY AREA BEYOND 4 PM. 

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