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MSC059-301800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

700 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...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 658 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SWATH    

  OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM VANCLEAVE TO NORTHWEST JACKSON   

  COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF JUST NORTH AND EAST OF JACKSON COUNTY     

  WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. 

  ADDITIONAL BANDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING AND WILL      

  MAINTAIN FLOODING ACROSS THE JACKSON COUNTY. 



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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