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WGUS74 KJAN 170309

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087-097-103-105-125-133-151-155-159-163-171000-

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

905 PM CST SAT MAR 16 2002



FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT FOR 

EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF 

NORTH MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BASTROP 

LOUISIANA TO YAZOO CITY TO MACON MISSISSIPPI.



CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE:



IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

CROSSETT...HAMBURG...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...AND EUDORA



IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

BASTROP...MER ROUGE...OAK GROVE AND LAKE PROVIDENCE



IN MISSISSIPPI...

CLEVELAND...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...YAZOO CITY...GRENADA...WINONA...

LOUISVILLE...STARKVILLE AND COLUMBUS



A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING BACK NORTHWARD OVER

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SHOULD

STALL ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOW PRESSURE ALONG

THE FRONT OVER WEST LOUISIANA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND HELP FOCUS THE

RAINFALL ALONG THE FRONT. PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE FEEDING INTO THE

BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING ALREADY

SOAKED GROUND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED IN THE

WATCH AREA SINCE FRIDAY AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

COULD EASILY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THE BOUNDARY SHOULD DRIFT NORTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY ALLOWING THE

STEADIER HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT.



TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU OBSERVE

ANY FLOODING...OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA.



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS

POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO

AND TV STATIONS TONIGHT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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