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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

406 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR A

PORTION OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST 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...COVINGTON...LEAKE...NESHOBA...KEMPER...SCOTT...NEWTON...

LAUDERDALE...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...AND FORREST



VERY HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA

ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 SUNDAY...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6

TO 10 INCHES FALLING 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 SEEING 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 REMAINS EXTREMELY MOIST...

AND WHEN COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA AGAIN TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY

MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA...LEADING TO LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL TOTALS. WITH WET GROUND CONDITIONS IN PLACES...ANY HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF...POSSIBLY LEADING TO RAPID RISES IN

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ANOTHER ROUND 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 AS 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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