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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

858 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FOR

TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM

EUPORA TO KOSCIUSKO TO VICKSBURG TO BUDE TO NATCHEZ.



CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CROSSETT AND EUDORA IN ARKANSAS...

BASTROP...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE AND TALLULAH IN LOUISIANA AND

VICKSBURG...NATCHEZ...YAZOO CITY...GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...

GREENWOOD AND GRENADA IN MISSISSIPPI.



THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE

ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD

RAINFALL OVER THE WATCH AREA AS TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMS INTO THE

REGION. AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL

TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS

ARE POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.



OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT LOCATIONS IN THE

WATCH AREA HAVE RECEIVED FROM ONE AND ONE HALF TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN

THE PAST 48 HOURS. ISOLATED SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED 5 TO 8 INCHES.

THIS RAINFALL HAS LEFT GROUND CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA NEARLY

SATURATED. RAPID RUN OFF IS LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



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 DEPTH.



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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