FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 337 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY...WESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 327 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PERRY COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI REPORTED WATER OVER MCKENZIE ROAD SEVERAL MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOMACK
HILL...WIMBLY...WATER VALLEY...TOXEY...SOUWILPA...SILVER CROSS...
SILAS...PARAGON...NEEDHAM...MELVIN...LOU...LAND...ISNEY...
HODGEWOOD...GILBERTOWN...EVANSBORO...CULLOMBURG...CHAPPELL HILL...
BUTLER...BOLINGER...BLADON SPRINGS...BARRYTOWN...AQUILLA...
WOODWARDS...WAYNESBORO...GRETNA AND BOICE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3220 8818 3184 8816 3182 8818 3177 8815
3168 8815 3143 8865 3144 8882 3134 8883
3127 8898 3144 8907 3144 8894 3156 8894
3187 8857 3189 8848 3196 8847
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1219 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* AT 11AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.5 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 29.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1219 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* AT 11AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.9 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 27.0 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 115 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER
BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA
ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA
ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
STONE AND WAYNE.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* MOST OF THE REGION HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS MUCH AT
6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL COULD AGAIN BE LOCALLY HEAVY
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES
FALLING IN SOME AREAS. LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE EVEN
HIGHER. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND EXASPERATE
ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS...POSSIBLY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS
OF THE FORECAST REGION... INCLUDING AREA RIVERS...THROUGH TUESDAY.
* MANY RIVERS ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY AND WILL REMAIN SO
THROUGH THE WEEK. THOSE WILL PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN SHOULD
STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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