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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

822 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1015 AM CST



* AT 820 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY.  

  WHILE THE RAINS WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF ACROSS GEORGE COUNTY BY    

  10 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND    

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GEORGE COUNTY...MOVING GRADUALLY              

  TO THE NORTHEAST.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY      

  RAINS TOTALING NEARLY 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON   

  SOILS DEEPLY SATURATED BY SOME 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT      

  FELL OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGE COUNTY.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  LUCEDALE...SHIPMAN...MERRILL...EVANSTON...BEXLEY...AVENT STATION   

  AVENT...AGRICOLA...AND BENNDALE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE ADDITIONAL 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.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3100 8884 3073 8886 3075 8842 3099 8844



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