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Sugar
September 11th, 2008, 02:36 PM
I just got this alert from my weather watcher.

FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS- JEFFERSON DAVIS MS- 111 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...OUTER FRINGES OF IKE SENDING GUSTY SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 3 PM CDT...

A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKWICK AT 111 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AS THEY CROSS HIGHWAY 98.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...MARION...NORTHERN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

Fish-Bait
September 11th, 2008, 02:56 PM
I was on the phone with my stepdad a couple of hours ago and it came through goula. You could hear it pourin'. he said he saw a gator in the Sonic parkin' lot down there lol...jk.

katzeyez
September 11th, 2008, 03:03 PM
I always just love being on the road in this kind of mess.

Honey
September 11th, 2008, 03:04 PM
Be safe Katz. Let us know when you make it home.

Sugar
September 11th, 2008, 06:34 PM
I think I should have put weather in the alert! I just gone and saw that I thought it was about 911...Sorry guys!

Sugar
September 11th, 2008, 06:35 PM
FB I don't know where goula is.

Scarlett O'hara
September 11th, 2008, 06:58 PM
The title of this thread gave me a shiver...something about 9-11 and alert being in the same sentence...glad to see it was about weather...

Sugar
September 11th, 2008, 07:06 PM
I am soooo sorry Ms Scarlett!

Guru
September 11th, 2008, 08:59 PM
Goula = Pascagoula.

Bog-uh-loosa = Bogalusa

I love saying Bog uh loosa for some reason.

Hermione
September 11th, 2008, 10:03 PM
I had the same thought about the title when I first saw it -- I forget to look over and see what forum.