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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



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

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

NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY WEST OF A

LINE FROM EUPORA TO KOSCIUSKO TO BRANDON TO MAGEE TO MONTICELLO

MISSISSIPPI.



SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.

LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED

TO DEVELOP AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHWEST

LOUISIANA INTO THE EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS THAT IS IN PLACE OVER

THE REGION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE

POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 5 AM. 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 IS LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO THE DAYLIGHT

HOURS ON SUNDAY...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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