Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, MS

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WGUS74 KJAN 181650
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1150 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

ARC003-017-LAC035-067-123-181900-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-240418T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ashley AR-Chicot AR-East Carroll LA-Morehouse LA-West Carroll LA-
1150 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ASHLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTIES AND
NORTH CENTRAL EAST CARROLL, MOREHOUSE AND NORTHERN WEST CARROLL
PARISHES...

At 1150 AM CDT, 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 1 to 2 inches 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...
  Bastrop, Crossett, Oak Grove, Wilmot, Kilbourne, Bonita, Parkdale,
  Jones, Galion, Berlin, Beekman, Millikin and Gassoway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3314 9139 3304 9116 3294 9121 3282 9125
      3281 9163 3275 9205 3279 9205 3283 9207
      3284 9206 3286 9207 3291 9208 3292 9207
      3297 9209 3300 9207 3303 9208 3303 9210
      3312 9212

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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