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WGUS74 KJAN 091959
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
159 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
MSC031-065-073-077-091-092130-
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COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-LAMAR MS-LAWRENCE MS-MARION MS-
159 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS, SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE,
NORTHERN MARION, COVINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES...
AT 159 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLLINS, SUMRALL, SEMINARY, BASSFIELD, MELBA, CARSON, LONE STAR,
BUNKER HILL, IMPROVE, SOCIETY HILL, GOSS, SANFORD, OAK VALE,
MORGANTOWN, TILTON AND HOLLY SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3141 9004 3145 9004 3165 8976 3177 8959
3179 8940 3174 8940 3171 8940 3165 8940
3158 8940 3155 8940 3144 8940 3143 8943
3143 8945 3142 8945 3135 8965 3122 9003
3134 9004 3136 9004 3138 9004
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
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