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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
810 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...OCEAN SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 804 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SECTIONS OF 
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS 
OVER THE GULF OF MEXCIO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO JACKSON 
COUNTY THIS MORNING AND LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
VANCLEAVE...OCEAN SPRINGS AND ST. MARTIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 3037 8860 3037 8880 3040 8884 3042 8885
      3042 8888 3052 8889 3065 8888 3065 8861

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