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WGUS74 KJAN 051654

FFSJAN

MSC049-121-052100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1054 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



SOUTHEAST HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 3 PM CST



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF JACKSON.



AT 1045 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS RANKIN AND 

SOUTHEAST HINDS COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. JUST 

OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE NWS OFFICE AT JACKSON 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND THE BRANDON EOC REPORTED THAT 2.58 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THERE BETWEEN 915 AM AND 1045 AM THIS 

MORNING.



REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND 

MEDIA SOURCES INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS IN HOMES IN PARTS OF RICHLAND AND 

BRANDON...AND SANDBAGGING WAS OCCURRING IN RICHLAND. CARS UNDERWATER 

WITH RESCUES TAKING PLACE WERE REPORTED IN JACKSON.



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR BY 1 

PM...PARTICULARLY IN RANKIN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN HINDS 

COUNTIES. THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH 

FLOODED AREAS.  MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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