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WGUS74 KJAN 070455

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LAC035-065-067-083-123-MSC049-055-069-075-079-089-099-101-121-123-125

-149-163-070800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1155 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM FOR NORTHEAST 

LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR 

AND NORTH TO A BASTROP...TO PICKENS...TO SCOOBA LINE...



AT 1150 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING 

AREA...PARTICULARLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...BUT NEW STORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY 

REDEVELOPING AND TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER A LARGE PART 

OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES...MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 

AM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...INCLUDING THE 

FLOODING OF SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE 

AREA THIS EVENING. MUDSLIDES WITH WATER IN HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN THE VICKSBURG AREA. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN THE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION PEOPLE LIVING NEAR CREEKS 

AND STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND. SOME EVACUATIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE JACKSON 

AREA. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS MOST FLASH FLOOD 

RELATED FATALITIES OCCUR FROM MOTORISTS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE ACROSS 

FLOODED AREAS...AND THEIR CAR BEING SWEPT AWAY. 



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