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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

853 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR...



LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE EARLIER ADVISORY.



AT 853 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED FROM NORTH CENTRAL 

LAWRENCE COUNTY SOUTHEASTWARD TO CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS AND 

NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE 

NORTH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE ADVISED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 AM.



HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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