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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

920 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST

ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT

AND THURSDAY. THIS WATCH INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE

FROM GRENADA TO CARTHAGE TO RALEIGH TO HATTIESBURG. THE WATCH

INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CROSSETT IN ARKANSAS...BASTROP...LAKE

PROVIDENCE...WINNSBORO AND JONESVILLE IN LOUISIANA AND GREENVILLE...

YAZOO CITY...JACKSON...VICKSBURG...NATCHEZ...BROOKHAVEN AND LAUREL

IN MISSISSIPPI.



ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS TAPERED

OFF DURING THE EVENING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS

DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH LOUISIANA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTH

ACROSS WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEAST

ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.



EARLIER RAINS HAVE SERVED TO SATURATE THE GROUNDS ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE RUNOFF

PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM ONE

TO TWO INCHES WITH ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE THURSDAY.



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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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