URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 905 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL BRING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO MUCH OF THE ARKLAMISS THROUGH LABOR DAY HOLIDAY... MSZ026>033-035>039-041015- /O.EXB.KJAN.FF.A.0015.110905T0000Z-110906T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT... COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA... DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO... LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE 905 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. * FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW...AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY NIGHT. VERY MOIST AIR COMBINED WITH SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH LABOR DAY...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT IS LIKELY THAT FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE IN EFFECT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND YOU SHOULD BE READY TO RELOCATE TO HIGHER GROUNDS UNTIL FLOODING ENDS. * TROPICAL SYSTEMS LIKE LEE ARE NOTORIOUS FOR PRODUCING INLAND FLOODING WHERE FLOODING MAY NEVER HAVE OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY SO BE EXTRA VIGILANT AS THIS STORM PASSES DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 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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