000 WWUS84 KLIX 101056 SPSLIX MSZ077-101200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 556 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS PEARL RIVER COUNTY... AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH TO PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... POPLARVILLE...MCNEIL AND PICAYUNE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. $$ 95/DM