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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1051 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST

LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON.



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.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND

EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SINCE FRIDAY.

THE PAST HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT SOILS SATURATED ACROSS MOST OF THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY IN

FLOOD...PARTICULARLY THE PEARL RIVER BASIN.



ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS REMAIN TROPICAL IN

NATURE. A SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WILL CONTINUE

TO SAG SOUTH. ALSO...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AS THESE ELEMENTS

ENCOUNTER THE TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND COMBINE WITH

DAYTIME HEATING....NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD

DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL

RAPIDLY RUNOFF...POSSIBLY LEADING TO RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND

STREAMS AND FLASH FLOODING IN CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH

AREA.



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 SURFACE CAN SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY OR CAUSE

YOU STALL.



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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