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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

948 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



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

SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF

MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH AREA LIES GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A

FOUNTAIN HILL ARKANSAS...ROSEDALE...GRENADA...CALEDONIA MISSISSIPPI

LINE.



PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AS ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE COMBINES WITH A SERIES OF

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE REGION. DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE

OF MOISTURE...LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE

IN THE WATCH AREA. SUCH HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE ALREADY

SATURATED GROUND 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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