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WGUS54 KLIX 181336

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MSC059-181730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

835 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...MOSS POINT



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSS 

POINT TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAUTIER...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF 

GRAND BAY TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS.  THE AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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