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WGUS54 KLIX 070621

FFWNEW

MSC047-059-071015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

120 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...

  BILOXI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...

  ESCATAWPA



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 118 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN IN A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 

  ESCATAWPA TO NEAR BILOXI TO JUST NORTH OF PASS CHRISTIAN. THE AREA

  OF HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE MIDNIGHT JUST NORTH OF

  PASS CHRISTIAN AND LONG BEACH WITH 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS

  GULFPORT...BILOXI...AND ESCATAWPA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

  1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH 3 AM ACROSS HARRISON AND JACKSON

  COUNTIES. SEVERE PONDING OR FLOODING OF INTERSTATE 10 IS LIKELY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GAUTIER...GULF PARK

  ESTATES...LYMAN...VANCLEAVE AND WADE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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