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WGUS74 KJAN 170121

FFSJAN

MSC049-170215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

815 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN 

HINDS COUNTY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA 

(1.93 INCHES AT WLBT). NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN CENTRAL AND EAST HINDS 

COUNTY ARE COVERED IN WATER AND VEHICLES HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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