
649 
WGUS74 KJAN 091031
FFSJAN

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

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JONES MS-JASPER MS-
431 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR
JASPER AND NORTHERN JONES COUNTIES...

AT 426 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN WERE OCCURRING
OVER SOUTHERN JASPER AND EXTREME NORTHERN JONES COUNTIES.  RADAR SHOWS
THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA SINCE 
LAST EVENING...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN JUST THE LAST HOUR.

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN JASPER COUNTY
INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING. NUMEROUS
ROADS ARE FLOODED...AND WATER IS ENTERING SOME BUILDINGS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WILL WORSEN THE
FLOOD SITUATION...AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF HOMES
AND BUILDINGS. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WASHED 
OUT...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. PEOPLE 
ALONG TALLAHOMA...TALLAHALA...NUAKFUNNA AND BOGUE HOMA CREEKS...AND 
SMALLER CREEKS THAT RUN INTO THESE LARGER CREEKS...SHOULD BE READY 
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT!! 

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.

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LAT...LON 3166 8894 3158 8919 3154 8939 3178 8940
      3181 8932 3204 8932 3222 8930 3222 8892
      3200 8892

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