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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

454 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.

  LOUIS

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

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



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 444 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER 

SWATH OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE FROM BILOXI TO BAY ST LOUIS 

MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS HARRISON AND HANCOCK COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAIN BANDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING 

HOURS. 



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3

AND 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY AND EASTERN 

HANCOCK COUNTY SINCE 4 PM WEDNESDAY...AND PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 8 

INCHES SINCE WEDNESDAY MORNING.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING. 

COASTAL FLOODING AND VERY HIGH TIDES WILL NOT ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE OF 

RAIN ACCUMULATED FLOODING. 



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.

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