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WGUS84 KJAN 311214

FFSJAN

MSC063-311300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

610 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR



JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



AT 610 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 3 AM BETWEEN MCNAIR AND FAYETTE. THROUGH 730 AM... 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE THIS AREA RESULTING IN 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN.



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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