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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1030 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE

   MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES ALONG WITH PEARL RIVER COUNTY...



...THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH

...PICAYUNE...POPLARVILLE...BAY ST LOUIS...WAVELAND...GULFPORT

...BILOXI...OCEAN SPRINGS AND PASCAGOULA...



THIS FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...



HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER



...THE FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALL

   LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...



A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING/FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR

STREAMS...BAYOUS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ARE CONTINUING TO DRIFT

SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. WRAP AROUND

MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF

SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10

INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES. GULFPORT

RECEIVED 7.84 INCHES AND OCEAN SPRING RECEIVED 9.1 INCHES OF RAIN

SINCE MIDNIGHT.



DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT RUNOFF...MANY

CREEKS...STREAMS AND BAYOUS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY AND RIVER FLOODING

WILL BE A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THROUGH THIS WEEK. ADDITIONAL FLOODING

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE RAINFALL SLOWLY

WORKS ITS WAY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER LOCATIONS TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING...AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROAD.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS AND EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD

SITUATION.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON POINT FORECAST ALONG RIVERS OVER THE

MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES...

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