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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

MSC073-091-111530-
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LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
735 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MARION AND WESTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR WESTERN LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES...

AT 732 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
FLOODED AND WASHED OUT ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. WATER RESCUES HAVE
TAKEN PLACE EARLIER THIS MORNING. NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER THE AREA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MARION AND WESTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...SANDY HOOK...KOKOMO...HOLLY SPRINGS...SUMRALL...BUNKER
HILL...MORGANTOWN...BAXTERVILLE...PINEBUR...PICKWICK...GOSS AND
IMPROVE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3101 8984 3107 8984 3107 8992 3113 8994
      3113 9001 3117 9001 3118 9003 3140 9003
      3139 8982 3144 8982 3143 8945 3140 8945
      3100 8958

$$

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