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WGUS74 KLIX 281535
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1035 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016

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HARRISON MS-
1035 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARRISON COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY...

AT 1032 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS UNDERWAY BUT RADAR DOES INDICATE THE
RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED IN THE PAST HOUR.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! AVOID
DRIVING WITHIN THE WARNED AREA UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. MANY ROADS
ARE IMPASSIBLE AND SOME ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...BILOXI...LONG BEACH...ST. MARTIN...D'IBERVILLE...LYMAN AND
GULFPORT AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH 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 3029 8928 3038 8934 3052 8934 3052 8889
      3040 8888

$$

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