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WGUS74 KJAN 052026

FFSJAN

MSC029-037-063-085-052100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

225 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 300 PM CST.



AT 220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

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

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



RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES...AND TO THE 

SOUTHWEST OF THE WARNED COUNTIES OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND 

EASTERN LOUISIANA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH WILL OCCUR 

OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM. THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS 

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

IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 

EXTENDED FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THE AREA.



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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