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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...BILOXI...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN
  SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      
  SAUCIER TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH...OR FROM 14 MILES SOUTH   
  OF WIGGINS TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED UPWARDS OF 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN MANY 
LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM A SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH THE 
AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED 
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS.

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 3034 8840 3035 8843 3031 8847 3035 8860
      3033 8873 3041 8885 3039 8886 3038 8883
      3038 8904 3031 8930 3035 8929 3040 8934
      3065 8934 3065 8925 3069 8923 3068 8889
      3074 8887 3073 8841

$$

98/SO