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WGUS74 KJAN 281618

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ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-

040>043-047>049-053-054-059>062-282200-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1017 AM CST WED NOV 28 2001



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST

ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI

THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA CONTINUES ALONG AND WEST OF A

GRENADA...TO CANTON...TO JACKSON...TO BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI LINE.



CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE:



IN ARKANSAS: CROSSETT...HAMBURG...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT AND

EUDORA.



IN LOUISIANA: BASTROP...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...WINNSBORO...

HARRISONBURG...JONESVILLE...FERRIDAY...CLAYTON...SICILY ISLAND...

AND TALLULAH.



IN MISSISSIPPI: CLEVELAND...GRENADA...GREENVILLE...INDIANOLA...

GREENWOOD...YAZOO CITY...LEXINGTON...NATCHEZ...VICKSBURG...JACKSON...

BROOKHAVEN...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...PORT GIBSON AND MEADVILLE.



A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE WATCH AREA.

AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH

THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL HAVE ACCESS TO

TROPICAL MOISTURE. THE FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL WAVES OF MODERATE

TO HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOILS AT SATURATION IN AND

NEAR THE WATCH AREA. WITH ANY BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH

TONIGHT...RUN-OFF WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MANY CREEKS

AND RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE APPROACHING OR AT FLOOD ALREADY.



TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA

WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY

MORNING. THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND TONIGHT IF THE

STORM SYSTEM SLOWS UP ANYMORE...RESULTING IN MORE HEAVY RAINFALL

THURSDAY.



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR

THE WATCH AREA. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND FLOOD

CONDITIONS VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL T.V AND

RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY UPDATES OR EXTENSIONS TO THIS FLOOD WATCH.



BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A

WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...FLOODING CAN RESULT IN A

LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

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