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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

656 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES

UNTIL 745 PM...



THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS

AND SCATTERED HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA LATER THIS EVENING. THUS FAR...RADAR PRECIPITATION

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AROUND 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS

FALLEN ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN CLAY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN

OF CELINA.



IF THE STORMS ACROSS KY CAN HOLD TOGETHER THIS EVENING...ANY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRESENT FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA.



REMEMBER...FLASH FLOOD DEATHS ARE THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED

KILLER. PLEASE AVOID BECOMING A STATISTIC. IN ADDITION...REMEMBER

THAT FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE

RAINFALL SUBSIDES OR ENDS.



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