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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1010 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR 

A PORTION OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND 

SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST

CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



MADISON...RICHLAND...FRANKLIN...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...AND CONCORDIA



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...



MADISON...HINDS...RANKIN...WARREN...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...SIMPSON...

JEFFERSON...ADAMS...FRANKLIN...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON

DAVIS...AND COVINGTON



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FOR A PORTION OF EAST 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



LEAKE...NESHOBA...KEMPER...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...SMITH...

JASPER...CLARKE...AND FORREST



A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT OCCURRED THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10

INCHES FELL ALONG THE PEARL RIVER BETWEEN JACKSON AND MONTICELLO.

ADDITIONALLY...5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF

JEFFERSON DAVIS...LINCOLN...MARION...AND NORTHWEST LAMAR COUNTIES.

OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER

PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND EAST CENTRAL 

MISSISSIPPI...WITH MANY AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF 

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SATURATED...AND SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS 

ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD.



THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES TO BE EXTREMELY MOIST. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH 

AREA...PRODUCING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.



SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME

AREA...LEADING TO LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS. WITH GROUND 

CONDITIONS VERY MOIST...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RAPIDLY RUN 

OFF...POSSIBLY LEADING TO RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS AND 

FLASH FLOODING.



MOTORISTS AND PERSONS LIVING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD 

MONITOR WEATHER...RIVER...AND ROAD CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS BECAUSE EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER 

ON THE ROAD COULD SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY OR CAUSE YOU TO 

HYDRO-PLANE AND LOSE CONTROL.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...

OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON

THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.

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