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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

453 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 900 PM CST



* AT 450 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN GEORGE 

AND EASTERN STONE COUNTY SINCE THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.  NUMEROUS 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

SLOWLY ACROSS THE WATER LADEN GROUND IN WESTERN GEORGE AND EASTERN 

STONE COUNTY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



IN GEORGE COUNTY...WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 98 AND HIGHWAY 63.  IN STONE COUNTY...WATER 

IS OVER THE EAST KINGBEE ROAD IN BIG LEVEL...AND HIGHWAY 15 NEAR 

RAMSEY SPRINGS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3071 8925 3070 8888 3087 8855 3092 8864

          3090 8895

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