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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

558 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO OCCUR ACROSS PERRY AND STONE

  COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATE THAT A SWATH OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  WESTERN STONE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY SINCE

  ABOUT NOON.  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

  MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...CREATING A

  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



WATER COVERED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF 

PERKINSTON...AND MANY OTHER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED 

ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES WHERE THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS 

OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY

TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3136 8881 3080 8899 3069 8931 3088 8936

          3093 8914 3134 8904



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