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WGUS64 KJAN 311112

FFSJAN

MSC001-037-311200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

5010 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR



EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



AT 510 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ROXIE AND ALONG THE ADAMS FRANKLIN 

COUNTY LINE. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 3 AM. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND THEY WILL 

MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL 

RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED 

AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR 

LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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