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WGUS74 KJAN 060043

FFSJAN

MSC029-085-121-127-060200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT          

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

645 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...   



  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 800 PM CST.



AT 645 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF A 

FLOWOOD...TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS...TO AUBURN LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS EVENING SHOULD BE OVER EASTERN SIMPSON 

COUNTY...WHERE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR 

THROUGH 8 PM. OVER THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA...LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 

RAIN WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER STILL EXISTS IN MANY 

AREAS...AND RUNOFF IS CAUSING LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE 

TO RISE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3165 9064 3143 9038 3177 9026 3181 8972

          3211 8975 3240 9002 3206 9023 3196 9036



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