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WGUS74 KLIX 181542

FFSNEW

MSC059-181645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1038 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



AT 1038 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST 

OF PASCAGOULA TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE 

OF DROPPING 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN AN HOUR. ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY WILL RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.    



LOCATIONS STILL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PASCAGOULA AND 

MOSS POINT. 



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