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WGUS74 KJAN 051815

FFSJAN

MSC029-037-063-085-052100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1214 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 3 PM CST.



AT 1210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

WARNED COUNTIES. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. 

5.55 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT AN OBSERVATION SITE NEAR CRYSTAL 

SPRINGS IN COPIAH COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL

CONTINUE ACROSS LINCOLN...SOUTHEAST COPIAH...AND SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN

COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO

3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE SERIOUS

FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES

IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

AREAS  MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  IF YOU 

ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND WATER IS RISING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY



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