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WGUS74 KJAN 290454

FFSJAN

ARC017-MSC151-290615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1053 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1215 AM.



AT 1050 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS 

REGION DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

DEVELOP AND MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE 

THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 

1145 PM. RECENT REPORTS INDICATED THAT SEVERAL STREETS HAVE BEEN 

FLOODED IN LAKE VILLAGE AND GREENVILLE.



ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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