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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1154 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR...



LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



THIS ADVISORY WILL SUPPLEMENT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT EXPIRES 

AT NOON CDT FOR LINCOLN...LAWRENCE AND MARION COUNTIES.



AT 1154 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...HOWEVER THIS 

ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BY 1230 PM AND AFTER OVER THE 

REGION.  



CURRENTLY...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM EARLIER 

RAINS OVER THE REGION WITH A FEW ROADS STILL IMPASSABLE. EVEN 

THROUGH RAIN WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY BEFORE 100 PM CDT...FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES WILL CONTINUE. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE MOST LIKELY ALREADY 

FLOODED WITH SOILS NEAR SATURATION. 



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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