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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1108 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

CORRECTED TO REMOVE INDIVIDUAL COUNTY LISTING IN TEXT



...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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