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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

701 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UNION...LAFAYETTE...LEE...ITAWAMBA... 

PONTOTOC...YALOBUSHA...CALHOUN...MONROE AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES WILL 

BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...



AT 701 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING 

ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

PROBLEMS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 5 PM CDT. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES BEFORE THE WIDESPREAD 

RAIN ENDS LATER THIS EVENING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT 

THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM.



.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OF WATER TO FLOAT A VEHICLE.

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