
441 
WGUS74 KJAN 090951
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

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CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-
351 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR
LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 350 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 
ROADS UNDERWATER AROUND QUITMAN IN CLARKE COUNTY WITH MANY 
RESIDENCES TAKING ON WATER. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 
CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE WARNED ARE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 
GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...BUT TEND TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME 
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY. ESTIMATED RADAR 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...HAVE 
OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX HOURS IN PORTIONS OF CLARKE COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO QUITMAN... 
DALEVILLE...MARTIN...SUQUALENA...MEEHAN...SAVOY...LAUDERDALE...KEWANE
E...TOOMSUBA...ALAMUCHA...ZERO...INCREASE...SNELL...MIDDLETON...NELLI
EBURG...MERIDIAN STATION...MERIDIAN...MARION AND COLLINSVILLE

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3189 8846 3184 8863 3183 8890 3216 8892
      3257 8891 3258 8839

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BYB