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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1221 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

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

  POINT...ESCATAWPA



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1217 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER PASCAGOULA. TROPICAL BANDS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL 

  CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE INTO SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR 

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN JACKSON 

  COUNTY SINCE 6 PM SUNDAY. RAIN RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR

  CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM. 

 

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.



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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