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WGUS74 KJAN 280240

FFSJAN

MSZ019-025-035-036-042-280530-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

932 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR...



SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 932 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN A BROAD BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AREA WAS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM INDIANOLA AND  

SCHLATER TO THE NORTH AND EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO EDEN AND THORNTON. 



HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM 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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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