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ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041-

047-053-059>061-302100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI...FOR TODAY

AND TONIGHT.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...



ASHLEY AND CHICOT.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



MOREHOUSE...WEST CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...RICHLAND...MADISON...

FRANKLIN...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...AND CONCORDIA.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST MISSISSIPPI...



BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...WASHINGTON...HUMPHREYS...ISSAQUENA...

SHARKEY...WARREN...CLAIBORNE...JEFFERSON...ADAMS...AND FRANKLIN.



A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST

AIRMASS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TODAY AND

TONIGHT...TO PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN

PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT

THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS...PRODUCING

RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR. GROUND CONDITIONS IN

THIS REGION ARE VERY WET...AND SUCH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO

RAPID RUN-OFF...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-

LYING AREAS.



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 AWAY.



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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