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WGUS74 KJAN 220449

FFSJAN

MSC021-063-220540-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1038 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CST FOR

JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



AT 1035 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS 

NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 



CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A BRIDGE WAS WASHED 

OUT AROUND 930 PM CST ON HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN HERMANVILLE AND PORT 

GIBSON.



JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING AT HIGHWAY 61 

BRIDGE NEAR LORMAN.



ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT...LACK OF 

ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SHOULD RESULT IN GRADUAL SUBSIDING 

OF HIGH WATERS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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