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WGUS74 KJAN 052038

FFSJAN

MSC049-121-052100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

235 PM 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 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN 

AREA...WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING 

INTO RANKIN COUNTY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 

AREA AND AFFECT THE REGION WITH MORE RAINFALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE  

AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY OVER RANKIN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

AN INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.



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

MEDIA SOURCES INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN 

OCCURING TODAY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS.  THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



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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