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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

347 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



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



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE...

NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM FROM LONG BEACH NORTHWARD TO 

INTERSTATE 10. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF GULFPORT 

ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LONG BEACH SINCE 215 PM...AND ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 530 PM. 



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.

MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID 

TRAVEL THROUGH HARRISON COUNTY UNTIL THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES OUT OF THE 

AREA.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3043 8928 3053 8931 3063 8888 3040 8887

          3038 8904 3034 8923



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