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WGUS74 KMOB 260918

FFSMOB

MSC131-261115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

417 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.



AT 412 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA 

INDICATES THAT NEARLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST 

STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SINCE 230 AM CDT.  THROUGH 530 AM 

CDT...ANOTHER INCH TO AN INCH AND ONE HALF OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER 

THE SAME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLOODING. THE 

SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY WILL REMAIN ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE 

TO FLOODING.



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN

AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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