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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

255 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 257 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF PEARL RIVER                       

  COUNTY...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AND EASTERN SAINT TAMMANY PARISH. 

  THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES 

THROUGH RUSH HOUR.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

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



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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