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WGUS74 KJAN 220721

FFSJAN

MSC079-089-099-101-220810-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

115 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 105 AM FOR...



NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



AT 112 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN 

SOUTHWEST NEWTON COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND 

EXIT THE COUNTY BY 2 AM. ALTHOUGH AROUND ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER NEWTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR A 

GRADUAL SUBSIDING OF FLOODWATERS IS EXPECTED. 



THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MADISON AND LEAKE COUNTIES WITH ONLY LIGHT 

RAIN INDICATED OVER NESHOBA COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH FLOODWATERS WILL 

CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...A GRADUAL SUBSIDING OF HIGH WATERS IS 

LIKELY OVER THESE COUNTIES AS WELL.

 

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