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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

850 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CST



* AT 845 AM CST...MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY STONE COUNTY 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL STREAMS NEARING 

BANKFULL. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY 

THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3065 8933 3065 8924 3068 8921 3068 8887

          3073 8886 3074 8842 3100 8843 3100 8882

          3092 8882 3091 8933

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