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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1147 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001



...STREET AND CREEK FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM TORRENTIAL RAINS...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...



HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON COUNTIES



UNTIL 130 PM CST TODAY.



AT 1150 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING

ALONG AND IN THE WAKE OF A SQUALL LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM

NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HARRISON

COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY.



RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WAS OCCURRING IN THE

ADVISORY AREA. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE

IMMINENT. IF THE RAINS PERSIST...SOME LOCATIONS MAY REQUIRE A FLOOD

WARNING IF HOMES OR BUSINESSES BECOME THREATENED FROM FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED

FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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