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WGUS74 KJAN 130143

FFSJAN

MSC073-091-130230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

740 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



UNTIL 830 PM CST.



...UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING FLASH FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE 

FAILURE OF BIG BAY LAKE DAM...



AT 740 PM...MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER 

WAS STILL RISING ACROSS HIGHWAY 13 AT THE BRIDGE ACROSS LOWER LITTLE 

CREEK. THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

RISE AT THIS LOCATION BEFORE CRESTING BY 9 PM. A NUMBER OF ROADS IN 

THIS AREA WERE FLOODED.



WEST OF HIGHWAY 13...THE WATER RISE SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS 

LARGE...AS THE WATER FROM THE DAM BEGINS TO ENTER THE FLOOD PLAIN OF 

THE PEARL RIVER. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT RISE OF SEVERAL FEET COULD 

STILL OCCUR NEAR THE HIGHWAY 43 BRIDGE ACROSS LOWER LITTLE CREEK... 

AND WATER COULD APPROACH OR EXCEED THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE AT THIS 

LOCATION.  A RISE OF 1 TO 1 AND HALF FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MAIN 

CHANNEL OF THE PEARL RIVER BELOW THE MOUTH OF LOWER LITTLE CREEK. 

THIS MEANS THE PEARL SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THIS AREA.



FARTHER EAST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOOD 

WATERS WERE RECEDING IN LAMAR COUNTY...BUT THAT NUMEROUS HOMES ALONG 

LOWER LITTLE CREEK HAD SUFFERED DAMAGE. IN MARION COUNTY...EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT AT LEAST TWO HOMES WERE UNDERWATER NEAR 

THE COMMUNITY OF PINEBUR. THE WATER APPEARED TO BE CRESTING AT 

PINEBUR. 



FLOOD WATERS SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS EVENING 

ALONG ALL OF LOWER LITTLE CREEK. UNTIL THEN...PEOPLE IN THIS AREA 

SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  

FLOODWATERS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY...AND POSE A SIGNIFICANT DANGER 

TO HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK AND TO ANY 

VEHICLES WHICH ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT DRIVE 

IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY



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