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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

630 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* HARRISON COUNTY



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



AT 620 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SLIDELL

LOUISIANA HAD RECEIVED REPORTS THAT STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN

THE COMMUNITY OF LONG BEACH MISSISSIPPI. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING

ACROSS SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY WITH RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATING 1 TO

2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED FROM 600 TO 625 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO

TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BY 700 PM AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS

SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE SOUTH INTO THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.



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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