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WGUS74 KJAN 030033

FFSJAN

MSZ043-030230-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

730 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR...



MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 728 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING BETWEEN CANTON 

AND MADISON...ESPECIALLY FROM GLUCKSTADT EASTWARD TO ROSS BARNETT 

RESERVOIR. THESE HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE 

MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH 9 PM BEFORE EASING UP 

SOMEWHAT. 



HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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