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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1040 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002



FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT 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 FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE STATIONARY ACROSS THE ARKANSAS LOUISIANA 

BORDER AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL BE 

THE AREA WHERE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR CLASHES WITH COOLER AIR WHICH WILL 

HELP TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND 

TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC WIND FIELDS WILL FAVOR THUNDERSTORMS 

REDEVELOPING AS THEY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE REGION. THIS 

TYPE OF MOTION WILL ALLOW STORMS TO CONTINUOUSLY MOVE OVER THE SAME 

AREAS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE 

FLOODING. IN LOCALIZED AREAS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



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

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



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV

STATIONS TONIGHT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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