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WGUS74 KLIX 281242
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
742 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016

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HARRISON MS-JACKSON MS-HANCOCK MS-
742 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARRISON COUNTY
INCLUDING GULFPORT AND BILOXI...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
HARRISON...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 738 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS
BEEN REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF HARRISON COUNTY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS LIKELY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF
HARRISON COUNTY.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARRISON COUNTY. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...BILOXI...OCEAN SPRINGS...LONG BEACH...DIAMONDHEAD...ST. MARTIN...
D'IBERVILLE...GULF HILLS...SAUCIER...LATIMER...LYMAN...GULF PARK ESTATES...
KILN AND GULFPORT AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8941 3065 8943 3065 8924 3066 8924
      3065 8882 3037 8877

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