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WGUS74 KJAN 062000
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
MSC049-089-121-062045-
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HINDS MS-MADISON MS-RANKIN MS-
300 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN HINDS, SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND CENTRAL
RANKIN COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ON MADISON STREET IN CLINTON. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
JACKSON, CLINTON, PEARL, MADISON, RIDGELAND, BRANDON, BYRAM,
FLOWOOD, RICHLAND, MONTEREY, FANNIN AND GOSHEN 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 3218 9021 3218 9035 3237 9039 3250 9021
3247 8989 3219 8997
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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