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WGUS74 KMOB 130217

FFSMOB

MSC039-111-131-130300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

915 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE AND PERRY COUNTIES.



AT 915 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND WEAKENED... 

AND THEREFORE ENDING THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME MINOR PONDING OF WATER OVER 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND ROADWAYS COULD CONTINUE TO POSE A HAZARD TO 

TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODED AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS 

OR UNDERPASSES. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE 

CROSSING. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 



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