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WGUS74 KJAN 212333

FFSJAN

MSC065-077-085-220000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

525 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...AND 

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM 

CST...



AT 520 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BRANDON 

INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HOURLY 

RAINFALL OF ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.  RADAR SUGGESTS THAT 

STORM TOTALS ARE ABOUT 6 TO 7 INCHES.  FLOODING OF LOCAL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE.



AT 522 PM CST...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER 

ROADWAYS IN OAK VALE.  



LINCOLN COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT 5 ROADS IN BROOKHAVEN AND ABOUT 30 

TOTAL ROADS WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.      



SINCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE 

EVENING HOURS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE CONTINUED 

PAST 600 PM CST.  



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