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MSZ067-075-076-078-079-130430-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

958 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE.



AT 958 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  AN AREA OF LIGHT

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE

OF HOURS...BUT THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. SOME

MINOR PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AS WELL AS IN SOME LOW

LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO

BEFORE THE RAINS TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT.   



THE GROUND OVER MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN

SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS.  A LARGE

PORTION OF STONE...GEORGE AND PERRY COUNTIES RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES

OF RAINFALL TODAY...WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS

5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  ALTHOUGH A BREAK FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL

IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... MORE

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA AGAIN BY THURSDAY

AFTERNOON.  AS A RESULT...ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE

SAME AREA SOMETIME ON THURSDAY MORNING.  



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