825 FPUS74 KLIX 172317 NOWNEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NWS JACKSON MS 615 PM CDT TUE SEP 17 2002 LAZ036-037-MSZ068>071-180026- AMITE-EAST FELICIANA-PIKE-ST HELENA-WALTHALL-WILKINSON- .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH 730 PM. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR OVER AMITE AND PIKE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS EAST FELICIANA AND ST HELENA PARISHES IN LOUISIANA. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH. $$