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WGUS74 KJAN 220126

FFSJAN

MSC037-065-077-085-220220-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

720 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.



AT 720 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL WAS OVER FRANKLIN AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1 TO 3 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADS IN 

PRENTISS IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO THE MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



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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