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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1125 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1121 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER TYLERTOWN IN THE PAST HOUR. RADAR INDICATED UP TO 6 INCHES 

  IN THE TYLERTOWN AREA. THIS AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ABOUT 10 

  MILES WIDE DRIFTING WESTNORTHWEST.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABONDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND. DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY MAINLY IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH 

HALF OF WALTHALL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.



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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