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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1121 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY...FOR EXTREME

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

NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A

LINE FROM BUDE...TO MAYERSVILLE...TO KOSCIUSKO...TO EUPORA

MISSISSIPPI.



WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH MORE EXPECTED

THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN

COMMON THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES POSSIBLE

THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY...HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY IN

THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SATURATED GROUNDS...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

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

AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN MAY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT...AND PORTIONS

OF THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



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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