FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 718 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
  WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH
ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS
WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF
RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS.  TURN
AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.
A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION.  THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV.
&&
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717 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:02 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE
  SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...BELLS FERRY ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. THERE
  WILL BE WATER OVER THE ACCESS ROAD JUST UPSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE AND
  THE ROAD WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE VERY QUICKLY.
$$

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Issue Date: 459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED LATER TODAY...
.STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TIDES
TO RISE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY...REACHING AS HIGH AS TWO
FEET ABOVE NORMAL PREDICTED LEVELS. TIDE GAGES INDICATED RISING
WATER LEVELS EVEN AS ASTRONOMICAL TIDES APPROACH THE PREDICTED LOW
TIDE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST...MAINLY FROM GRANDE ISLE WESTWARD...BY MID
AFTERNOON...AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTLINE LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT AND HELP LOWER WATER LEVELS AFTER THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
LEVELS THAT CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE LOWEST LYING
AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE EAST FACING SHORES OF
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTION...FROM
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
RIVER.
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ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TIDES
TO RISE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY...REACHING AS HIGH AS TWO
FEET ABOVE NORMAL PREDICTED LEVELS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
LEVELS THAT CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE LOWEST LYING
AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE EAST FACING SHORES OF
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTION
SYSTEM...FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE
MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND CAUSE WATER
LEVELS TO DROP AS WINDS TURN TO WESTERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
$$
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