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WGUS74 KJAN 260919

FFSJAN

MSC035-073-091-261140-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

419 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.



UNTIL 640 AM.



OVER THE PAST HOUR...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. A FEW STREETS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN MARION COUNTY. 

THERE WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 445 AM. 

HOWEVER...MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE 

COAST. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AND WILL EFFECT THE 

WARNED COUNTIES SHORTLY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 640 AM.



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 ROADWAY.

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