Flash Flood Warning 135, NWS Jackson, MS

727 
WGUS74 KJAN 302252
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
552 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

MSC035-073-302330-
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LAMAR MS-FORREST MS-
552 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR 
FORREST AND LAMAR COUNTIES AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED AS A TRAINING 
BAND OF SHOWERS EXISTS FARTHER SOUTHWEST OF AFFECTED REGION...

AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT HEAVY TROPICAL SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR PURVIS...OR 
11 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE 
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCLAURIN...WEST HATTIESBURG...SUMRALL...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...
PETAL AND MACEDONIA

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT TWO 
HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED 
AREAS.

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 3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
      3101 8951 3100 8955 3100 8966 3143 8965
      3143 8914 3101 8914 3100 8913 3090 8914
      3091 8934

$$

JA

731 
WGUS54 KJAN 302328
FFWJAN
MSC035-073-310130-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
628 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PURVIS...OR 12 MILES  
  SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30  
  MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO        
  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...MCLAURIN AND SUMRALL

* PUBLIC AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PORTIONS OF 
HIGHWAY 49 IN HATTIESBURG ARE FLOODED. STREET FLOODING IS ALSO 
OCCURRING FROM FORREST GENERAL HOSPITAL TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY OF 
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT TWO 
HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY 
BETWEEN A PURVIS TO ROCK HILL CORRIDOR EXTENDING NORTHWARD TOWARDS 
HATTIESBURG.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
IN AND AROUND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF HATTIESBURG IN NORTHEAST LAMAR
COUNTY. SOME OF THE ROADS THAT FLOOD WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
INCLUDE SAM RAYBURN ROAD...CLEARANCE RAY DRIVE...RUBY CIRCLE AND
RAYBURN PLACE. IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG MIXON CREEK
BEHIND TURTLE CREEK MALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...IN ADDITION TO
LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
      3101 8951 3100 8955 3100 8966 3143 8965
      3143 8914 3101 8914 3100 8913 3090 8914
      3091 8934

$$

JA