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WGUS54 KMOB 130018

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MSC039-130230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

717 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM     

  NEAR LUCEDALE TO NEAR BASIN...AND MOVING EAST...NORTHEAST AT 10    

  MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A SWATH OF 2 TO 4      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE   

  COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE  

  THROUGH 930 PM THIS EVENING AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY      

  EASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

OTHER POUR 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 3098 8880 3076 8883 3076 8844 3099 8845



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