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WGUS74 KJAN 261709

FFSJAN

MSC029-037-085-261725-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1207 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 1225 PM CDT.



AT 1205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY 

BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN COPIAH...WESTERN 

LINCOLN...AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND 

THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS 

INCREASING IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED SOON.

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