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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

251 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 250 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PEARL RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SINCE THE GROUND 

IS ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO PRIOR RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN 

WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVES ACROSS HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH 

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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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