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WGUS74 KJAN 070645

FFSJAN



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

145 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES 

IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



MOREHOUSE PARISH

RICHLAND PARISH

WEST CARROLL PARISH

EAST CARROLL PARISH



WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THESE PARISHES CAUSED FLOODING SUNDAY 

EVENING...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OVER FOR A FEW HOURS...AND WATER 

SHOULD BEGIN TO START RECEDING. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE 

ALERT FOR ANY AREAS WHERE LINGERING WATER IS ON ROADS...AND AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH THESE AREAS.



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM FOR THE REMAINDER 

OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ALONG THE INTERSTATE 

20 CORRIDOR AND NORTH TO A MAYERSVILLE...TO PICKENS...TO SCOOBA 

LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA...AND THE MERIDIAN 

AND VICKSBURG AREAS.



AT 145 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE WARNING AREA. 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 10 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNING 

AREA SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL TOTALS WEST AND SOUTH OF A PICKENS...TO CANTON...TO 

PHILADELPHIA LINE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING... 

INCLUDING THE FLOODING OF SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES...HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA BETWEEN 145 AND 3 AM. THIS WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO WORSEN 

THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL 

LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 3 AM OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING 

AREA.



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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