FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 714 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WIGGINS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CST
* AT 709 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN STONE AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES.
RAIN ONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
ON AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
PROBLEMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED
LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
LAT...LON 3091 8932 3092 8913 3121 8913 3119 8886
3120 8857 3099 8858 3075 8868 3073 8872
3073 8886 3068 8888 3068 8922 3067 8923
3066 8933
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JFB
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