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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1000 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN

MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A EUPORA...

FOREST...COLUMBIA LINE.



BANDS OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF

MOISTURE IN PLACE...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR VERY HIGH RAINFALL

AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL RATES FROM TWO TO THREE

INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE

SATURATED GROUND WILL PROVIDE FOR RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.



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 FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS...AS EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER

ON THE ROAD COULD SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE AWAY AND THREATEN YOUR LIFE.



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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