Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Aug 29, 2012, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Harrison County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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526 
WGUS54 KLIX 291820
FFWLIX
MSC047-292115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0055.120829T1820Z-120829T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
120 PM CDT WED AUG 29 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 415 PM CDT

* AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  A LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTER BAND FROM   
  HURRICANE ISAAC.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3037 8885 3039 8885 3039 8899 3030 8929
      3036 8929 3037 8934 3065 8934 3065 8925
      3068 8923 3068 8889 3042 8889 3041 8886
      3036 8882

$$


DUNN

463 
WGUS74 KLIX 292014
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
314 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

MSC047-292115-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120829T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON MS-
314 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
HARRISON COUNTY...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM 
ISAAC.  THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE 
EARLY EVENING HOURS.  FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3037 8885 3039 8885 3039 8899 3030 8929
      3036 8929 3037 8934 3065 8934 3065 8925
      3068 8923 3068 8889 3042 8889 3041 8886
      3036 8882

$$


DUNN

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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