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WGUS74 KJAN 191504

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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR...



SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 959 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO ONE INCH 

PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A RICHLAND TO PUCKETT LINE.

HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE RAINS SHOULD 

TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST BY NOON. 



RICHLAND POLICE REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS SOUTH OF TOWN

SHORTLY BEFORE 10 AM. 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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