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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1155 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND

TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND THE

WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT

TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.



CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE:



IN MISSISSIPPI...CLEVELAND...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...YAZOO

CITY...VICKSBURG...JACKSON...NATCHEZ...PORT GIBSON...BROOKHAVEN...

STARKVILLE...COLUMBUS...MERIDIAN...HATTIESBURG...AND LAUREL.



IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...BASTROP...LAKE PROVIDENCE...WINNSBORO...

TALLULAH...JONESVILLE AND VIDALIA



IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...CROSSETT...HAMBURG...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE

AND EUDORA



HURRICANE LILI MOVED INLAND NEAR NEW IBERIA LOUISIANA THIS MORNING.

WITH THE HURRICANE...BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE PUSHED ACROSS

PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...ALONG WITH

PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.



SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY...HURRICANE LILI HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL

OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA. ALREADY

THE HURRICANE HAS PRODUCED RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF A

LINE FROM GRAND GULF...TO WESSON...TO PURVIS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM TRACKS

INTO THE DELTA REGION OF MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...AND LOUISIANA

LATER TONIGHT. LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF

LILI.



AS THE HURRICANE MOVES NORTH AND EAST THROUGH TONIGHT...IT WILL

GRADUALLY WEAKEN. HOWEVER...HURRICANE LILI MAY STILL PRODUCE COPIOUS

RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM

TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY

EAST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA MISSISSIPPI TO HATTIESBURG.



RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE LAST WEEK BROUGHT MOST STREAMS

AND RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI ABOVE NORMAL SEASONAL FLOW LEVELS. WITH

MORE RAIN EXPECTED...CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS...AND OTHER LOW-LYING

AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED TO FLOOD STARTING TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS

WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORRENTIAL RAINS IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLASH

FLOODING. MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND OBSERVE ANY FLOODING...OR WHEN

WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV

STATIONS THROUGH FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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