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WGUS74 KJAN 290155

FFSJAN

MSC023-075-290400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

800 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND   

   CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CST...



EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL TAPERED OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING...

SHORTLY BEFORE 8 PM...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR MOVING INTO THE WARNING 

AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE A 

BREAK IN THE RAINFALL ARRIVES ABOUT 930 PM. 



AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES HAVE 

RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. 

FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 11 SHOULD CONTINUE AND MAY WORSEN 

THROUGH 10 PM. WHILE THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE BY 10 PM...MORE 

HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING...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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