000 WHUS44 KLIX 102041 CFWLIX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 341 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...COASTAL FLOODING IN HANCOCK COUNTY... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW COUPLED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WAS LEADING TO COASTAL FLOODING IN HANCOCK COUNTY. MSZ080-110300- /O.NEW.KLIX.CF.W.0003.080410T2041Z-080411T0300Z/ HANCOCK- 341 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW...COUPLED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON...WAS LEADING TO COASTAL FLOODING AROUND BAY SAINT LOUIS IN HANCOCK COUNTY ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SOME STREETS IN FLOOD INCLUDED BEACH BOULEVARD AND CENTRAL AVENUE. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT AS TIDES FALL. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$