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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1230 PM CDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS

THE EXTREME SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. RADAR RAINFALL

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OVER THIS SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND AN

ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 230 PM.

THIS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW

LYING AREAS ACROSS HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THE RAINS

PERSIST AND FLOODING BECOMES MORE SERIOUS.

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