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WGUS74 KJAN 311458

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ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>037-

040>042-047-053-059>061-312200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF

WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG

AND NORTHWEST OF BUDE...TO VICKSBURG...TO KOSCIUSKO LINE...AND ALONG

AND SOUTH OF A SHELBY...TO PARCHMAN...TO GRENADA LINE.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CROSSETT ARKANSAS...

BASTROP LOUISIANA...TALLULAH LOUISIANA...VICKSBURG...NATCHEZ...

YAZOO CITY...GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...GREENWOOD...PORT

GIBSON...WINONA...ROLLING FORK AND BELZONI.



A VERY MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE

ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL COMBINE WITH A

SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCES TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY.



SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE WATCH

AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24

HOURS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS RAINFALL HAS

SERVED TO MOISTEN GROUND CONDITIONS...MEANING THAT ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF MORE QUICKLY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WATCH AREA THIS

MORNING...WITH A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS

ALSO SPREADING INTO THE WATCH AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. MUCH OF

THIS RAIN WILL RUNOFF...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLOODING OF STREAMS...

CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT...AND

PORTIONS OF THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT.



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.



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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