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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

213 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIBERTY

  WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 500 AM CST



* AT 211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WILKINSON COUNTY 

AND NORTHWEST AMITE COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST 

AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WOODVILLE...SMITHDALE...GLOSTER AND CENTREVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



LAT...LON 3132 9153 3100 9164 3101 9069 3137 9069



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