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WGUS74 KJAN 261009

FFSJAN

MSC035-073-091-261140-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

509 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 SEVERAL HOURS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THROUGH 6 AM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS 

QUICK AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS AS THE GROUND CANNOT HOLD 

ANY MORE WATER. THROUGH 640 AM...MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE 

NORTHWEST FROM THE GULF COAST POSSIBLY ADDING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES.



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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