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WGUS74 KLIX 071818

FFSNEW

MSC047-059-071845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

115 PM CDT SAT SEP 7 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR HARRISON AND 

JACKSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 115 PM...



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 5 

INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED DURING THE MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHERN JACKSCON COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES. 

THE AIRPORT AT PASCAGOULA RECORDED 3.94 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 700 

AM AND 100 PM...WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRING BETWEEN 

BETWEEN 700 AM AND 1000 AM. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

SIGNFICANT STREET FLOODING IN MANY AREAS OF SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY 

DURING THE MORNING. 



AT 100 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF 

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNITES. 

SINCE 1130 AM THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAS DECREASED. DUE THE DECREASE IN RAINFALL...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL FLOODED STREETS 

HAVE DRAINED AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWASY.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE IN EFFECT OF ALL OF THE MISSISSIPPI 

COAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL OF ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL.





 

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