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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

828 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS NORTHERN WILKINSON 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS 

IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 7 PM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAMS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 

AND COUNTY ROADS. 



AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH BY 930 PM...HOWEVER 

RUN-OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY NOT COMPLETELY SUBSIDE UNTIL 

AFTER 11 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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