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WGUS74 KJAN 121720

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MSZ048-049-121815-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1215 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



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



WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 1215 PM CDT...RAINFALL WAS NO LONGER FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA 

FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS RANGE BETWEEN 3 TO 8 INCHES 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 49 NEAR RICHLAND IS STILL FLOODED IN 

SPOTS AND FARTHER SOUTH TOWARDS CLEARY. A FEW SUBDIVISIONS REMAIN 

FLOODED ALONG WITH AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.

MANY RESCUES HAVE HAD TO BE MADE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH METRO 

JACKSON...SOUTH TOWARDS TERRY...RICHLAND AND FLORENCE. 

FINALLY...PEARL RIVER IS SWOLLEN AS WELL. 



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 100 PM 

CDT ACROSS THIS AREA...HOWEVER PERSONS COMMUTING THROUGH THIS AREA 

WILL NEED TO CALL THEIR LOCAL HIGHWAY PATROL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT ON 

ANY ROAD CLOSINGS DUE TO THE EARLIER...HEAVY RAINFALL.



AGAIN...THIS AREAS STILL HAS MANY FLOODED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY OR MAY 

STALL. USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AS THIS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE

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