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WGUS74 KLIX 211942

FFSNEW

MSC045-047-059-212300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

241 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI

   UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING IN THE DESOTO NATIONAL FOREST

   NEAR HURRICANE CREEK AND IN CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...



AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN HARRISON

COUNTY MAINLY OVER THE DESOTO NATIONAL FOREST IN THE VICINITY OF BIG

CREEK...HURRICANE CREEK AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE TCHOUTACABOUFFA

RIVER. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS

MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR KILN. RAINFALL RADAR

ESTIMATES SUGGEST BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL

MAY HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 1 PM AND 230 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL

CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM.



CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL SWELL RAPIDLY IN THIS WATER SOAKED AREA.

STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS. DO NOT ENTER INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES

THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS

POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.



FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX

(ALL LOWER CASE).



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