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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

959 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THROUGH 100 PM CDT FOR...



WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 1000 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM SOUTH JACKSON...THROUGH RICHLAND...TERRY

...BYRAM...FLORENCE AND SURROUNDING AREAS WAS SHIFTING SOUTH INTO

SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. STORMS WERE NOW IN SIMPSON 

AND COPIAH COUNTIES AND POINTS SOUTH. 



HOWEVER...STORM TOTALS OFF THE JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATE THAT

4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA

SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER...TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUES TO FEED INTO 

AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS THE PEARL RIVER BASIN. 

UNDERPASSES AND DRAINAGE DITCHES CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED AS WELL. 

MANY ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH NEAR RICHLAND CONTINUE TO 

BE FLOODED AS WELL AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN MANY LOW LYING AREAS. 



THIS STILL REMAINS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION AS MORE SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

100 PM CDT AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN RANKIN

COUNTY AND EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT. 



CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON HIGHER GROUND UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE

USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THIS 

COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE 



STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER...RIVER AND ROAD CONDITIONS 

BEFORE YOU VENTURE OUT THROUGH THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE

EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE POSTED WHEN MORE 

INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

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