Flash Flood Watch for portions of Western and Northern Mississippi

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                 Heavy rains move across Downtown Jackson, Monday evening

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for portions of Western and Northern Mississippi, through Thursday.

This area has received 3 to 4 inches of rainfall since Sunday and more rain is on the way!

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are likely through Thursday, with some isolated locations exceeding 6 inches, as an upper level low pressure system centered over Northwestern Louisiana, continues to enhance showers and thunderstorms across the area.

These rains are coming on the heels of a rather wet summer period, where many locations have seen nearly twice the normal rainfall amounts since the middle of July.

Saturated ground conditions will quickly lead to rapid runoff in some locations, leading to flash flooding.

Even outside of the areas outlooked in the flash flood watch, tropical downpours could drop 1 to 2 inches of rainfall in a short period of time, leading to localized flash flooding over the next few days.

This was the case Monday evening, as thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed near and moved over the Downtown Jackson area, dumping over 1 inch of rainfall in a short period of time, prompting flash flood warnings across the area.

      (Radar loop Monday evening, as heavy rain moved into the Downtown Jackson area)

The bottom line: Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions of Western and Northern Mississippi through Thursday for the potential of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts.  1 to 3 inches are possible elsewhere over the next few days, with locally higher amounts.

The Jackson Weather Examiner will continue to monitor this developing weather situation.