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Updated: 7:02 PM Jan 19, 2010
Flash Flood Watch For Wednesday
A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for many of the Mississippi counties in the WTOK viewing area.
Posted: 6:55 PM Jan 19, 2010Reporter: Stephen Bowers Email Address: stephen.bowers@wtok.com |
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A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for much of Mississippi for Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night. A storm system moving into the Deep South will bring with it the potential for severe weather and heavy rainfall capable of producing flash flooding.
The Flash Flood Watch includes these Mississippi counties in the WTOK viewing area: Lauderdale, Kemper, Neshoba, Leake, Newton, Noxubee, Scott, and Winston: This includes these cities and communities: Meridian, DeKalb, Scooba, Klondike, Philadelphia, House, Macon, Louisville, Newton, Decatur, Union, Lake, and Forest.
The following is the warning information from the National Weather Service in Jackson:
...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY TO RETURN TO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL JETSTREAM WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING GULF
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO TRIGGER A ROUND OF
HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR. THESE RAINS WILL COME ON
THE HEELS OF OUR RECENT WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH RAINS THIS PAST
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AN AXIS OF AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY
IN ABOUT 18 HOURS BETWEEN MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY UNTIL THURSDAY
MORNING. LOCAL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE FROM AROUND YAZOO CITY TO COLUMBUS.
* ALREADY WET GROUNDS ALONG WITH MANY RIVERS RUNNING AT LEAST HALF OF
BANKFULL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF WHERE THUNDERSTORMS BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT A TIME. RESIDENTS IN
NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAINS DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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.
For the latest Mississippi Power Radar and other watch and warning information, click on "Weather" at the top of the page.
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