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WGUS54 KLIX 110834

FFWNEW

MSC047-059-111130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

330 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 325 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ALONG THE HANCOCK AND HARRISON COUNTY LINE TO THE WEST OF GULFPORT. 

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES PER HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS HARRISON AND JACKSON 

COUNTIES. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PRIOR 

RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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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