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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

917 AM CDT SAT SEP 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...BILOXI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN

  SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 913 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHERN HARRISON 

COUNTY EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTH PORTION OF JACKSON COUNTY. THE 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. BECAUSE THE BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS IS ONLY MOVING SLOWLY...HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES MAY OCCUR WITHIN ONE OR TWO HOURS TIME...RESULTING IN FLASH 

FLOODING. AT 915 AM...JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING THE WEST PORTION OF JACKSON COUNTY.



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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