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WGUS74 KMOB 290303

FFSMOB

MSC039-131-290400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

902 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE AND EASTERN STONE 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 900 PM CST...THE FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOSTLY 

ENDED...EXCEPT FOR WATER LINGERING OVER A FEW ROADS.  AS THESE 

PROBLEM AREAS ARE IMPROVING AND NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  MINOR FLOODING NEAR 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING 

THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

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