Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 12, 2004, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2004, 11:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, MS

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 130233
FFWJAN
MSC091-130500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

AT 830 PM...MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER 
CONTINUED TO RISE ON LOWER LITTLE CREEK AT THE HIGHWAY 43 BRIDGE.  
WHILE THE RISE IN WATER LEVEL HERE WILL LIKELY NOT BE QUITE AS GREAT 
AS THAT OBSERVED FARTHER TO THE EAST...WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 
RISE UNTIL BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM FROM HIGHWAY 43 TO THE PEARL RIVER 
AND COULD RISE TO OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROADWAY.

ADDITIONALLY...FLOOD WATERS CONTINUED ALONG THE CREEK THROUGH MARION 
COUNTY.  WATER WAS STILL ACROSS HIGHWAY 13...WHICH IS CLOSED.  
ADDITIONALLY...WATER WAS STILL IN HOMES NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF 
PINEBUR...WITH A NUMBER OF ROADS FLOODED IN THESE AREAS. THE 
FLOODWATERS APPEAR TO HAVE CRESTED IN THESE AREAS.

FLOOD WATERS SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS EVENING 
ALONG ALL OF LOWER LITTLE CREEK. UNTIL THEN...PEOPLE IN THIS AREA 
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  
FLOODWATERS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY...AND POSE A SIGNIFICANT DANGER 
TO HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK AND TO ANY 
VEHICLES WHICH ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT DRIVE 
IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

LAT...LON 3122 8954 3103 8954 3105 8978 3121 8976

$$

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 130344
FFSJAN
MSC091-130500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR...

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER 
LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY 43.  
THE CREEK HAS RISEN ABOUT 5 FEET THIS EVENING...AND MAY APPROACH OR 
TOP THE ROADWAY OF HIGHWAY 43 BEFORE CRESTING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 

FARTHER TO THE WEST...WATER HAS BEGUN TO RECEDE NEAR THE PINEBUR 
COMMUNITY. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT BY FLASH FLOODING 
EARLIER THIS EVENING.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  MOST FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  

$$

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 130346 CCA
FFSJAN
MSC091-130500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR...

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER 
LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG LOWER LITTLE CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY 43.  
THE CREEK HAS RISEN ABOUT 5 FEET THIS EVENING...AND MAY APPROACH OR 
TOP THE ROADWAY OF HIGHWAY 43 BEFORE CRESTING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 

FARTHER TO THE EAST...WATER HAS BEGUN TO RECEDE NEAR THE PINEBUR 
COMMUNITY. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT BY FLASH FLOODING 
EARLIER THIS EVENING.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  MOST FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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