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WGUS54 KLIX 132031

FFWNEW

MSC045-132230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

330 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WAVELAND AND BAY ST. LOUIS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 325 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER PRIMARILY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HANCOCK

  COUNTY. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER COVERING 

  ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 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.

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