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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
527 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH THROUGH 
PIKE COUNTY...

AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND MOVING THROUGH PIKE 
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF MCCOMB TO 16 
MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...AND ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MAGNOLIA... 
SUMMIT AND MCCOMB.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 
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. TRY TO UNPLUG 
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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