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WGUS54 KLIX 300858

FFWNEW

MSC059-301200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

357 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...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 357 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER VANCLEAVE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA.  THE

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS PERSISTENT.



SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED NEARLY 9 

INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF VANCLEAVE SINCE 7 

PM SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES WAS 

INDICATED SINCE 3 AM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



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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