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Heavy Rainfall Continues in South Florida, Southern Rockies, and the Northern Plains

A stationary front will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall to South Florida into Saturday with localized and urban flooding possible. Heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast through Saturday over the southern Rockies into the northern Plains. Instances of flash flooding are possible, especially in higher terrain and burn scars. Read More >

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1001 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
PERSISTENT...VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE INTENSE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE 
KATRINA...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST 
MISSISSIPPI.  HEAVY RAINS TOTALING OVER 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 
CREATED INLAND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA.  

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 3045 8972 3025 8904 3039 8895 3069 8887
      3067 8930 3091 8933 3079 8983 3060 8980

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