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WGUS74 KJAN 261445

FFSJAN

MSZ043-048-049-054-055-261600-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

940 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



* WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



AT 940 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA FROM HAZLEHURST TO MENDENHALL...AND 

NORTHWARD INTO THE JACKSON METRO AREA. RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS 

ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE WARNING AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP 

TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. A FEW HOMES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS ARE 

BEING THREATENED WITH FLOOD WATER...ESPECIALLY IN THE HAZLEHURST TO 

RICHLAND TO BRANDON AREA. MANY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND SEVERAL 

HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO 

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN

BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS 

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