
608 
WGUS74 KJAN 090957
FFSJAN

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

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

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

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO WARNED AREA...

AT 349 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN JASPER AND EXTREME NORTHERN JONES COUNTIES
SINCE LAST EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA...AND WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. 

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA...
WITH BRIDGES WASHED OUT AND WATER APPROACHING HOMES IN PARTS OF
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE 
THIS ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION.

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.

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

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