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WGUS74 KJAN 140417

FFSJAN

MSC035-067-073-140500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1015 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 1100 PM CST



AT 1010 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST LAMAR 

COUNTY...THE CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY. THE 

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

LAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE FORREST COUNTY EOC HAS REPORTED 

NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN HATTIESBURG. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING INTO THE ARE AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY 

11 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS. SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES WILL LIKELY RISE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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