Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Mar 22, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 22, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Harrison County, MS

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656 
WGUS54 KLIX 220700
FFWLIX
MSC047-221000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0010.120322T0700Z-120322T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...BILOXI...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 153 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER
  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3038 8901 3031 8923 3030 8928 3031 8929
      3035 8929 3037 8934 3065 8934 3065 8925
      3068 8923 3068 8889 3039 8889

$$

22/TD

104 
WGUS74 KLIX 220843
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
343 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

MSC047-221000-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120322T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON MS-
343 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
HARRISON COUNTY...

AT 339 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 
STREET FLOODING...INCLUDING SOME IMPASSABLE SECTIONS OF ROADS...OVER 
A LARGE PART OF HARRISON COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FINALLY STARTED TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS MAINLY 
THE EASTERN PORTION OF HARRISON COUNTY...BUT RESIDUAL STREET 
FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY WILL 
BE SLOW TO RECEDE...ESPECIALLY NEAR SWOLLEN RIVERS...CREEKS...AND 
SMALL STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN 
HARRISON COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8901 3031 8923 3030 8926 3031 8927
      3068 8916 3068 8889 3039 8889

$$

22/TD

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.