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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1150 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW 

  BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY. 

  THIS BAND OF RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.



SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED BY THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE PASCAGOULA...ORANGE GROVE...HELENA AND HURLEY.



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. DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF 

JACKSON COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 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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