
858 
WGUS74 KJAN 051016
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
516 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

MSC049-061-079-089-099-101-121-123-129-163-051115-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-NEWTON MS-NESHOBA MS-MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-
JASPER MS-HINDS MS-YAZOO MS-
516 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN YAZOO...EASTERN HINDS...NORTHWESTERN JASPER...LEAKE...
MADISON...WESTERN NESHOBA...WESTERN NEWTON...RANKIN...SCOTT AND
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 512 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES...HAVE 
OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...WITH WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL 
RAINFALL EXCEEDING NINE INCHES NOW. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES HAVE 
TAKEN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE JACKSON METRO AREA ALONG WITH SOME 
EVACUATIONS.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR 
THE NEXT THREE HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES 
POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3205 9053 3273 9047 3285 9017 3289 8974
      3293 8973 3293 8912 3202 8908

$$

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