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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

727 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS

  POINT...ESCATAWPA...



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 724 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF JACKSON 

  COUNTY.



STORMS THIS MORNING HAVE PRODUCED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM GAUTIER 

TO MOSS POINT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3042 8885 3059 8888 3060 8886 3057 8842

      3034 8841 3032 8852 3036 8860 3033 8867

      3033 8875

TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 180DEG 0KT 3044 8861



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