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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1000 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 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 1200 PM CDT



AT 1000 AM 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 MUCH OF HARRISON COUNTY LEADING INTO

JACKSON COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS

EXPECTED THROUGH 1200 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF

STREETS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS THESE SECTIONS OF

COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.



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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