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WGUS74 KJAN 052340

FFSJAN

MSC075-101-060235-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

537 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 9 PM CST.



AT 537 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS LAUDERDALE AND EASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES. THE 

STORMS WERE MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA AS THEY MOVED TO 

THE NORTHEAST.



AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 25 MINUTES AT KEY FIELD IN 

MERIDIAN...AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM OVER WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND 

EASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS 

EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHEASTERN 

NEWTON COUNTIES. THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS 

AND ROADWAYS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO FLOODED 

AREAS



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