864  
WGUS44 KJAN 211359  
FLWJAN  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
859 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON MS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...  
 
TUSCOLAMETA CREEK AT WALNUT GROVE AFFECTING LEAKE COUNTY.  
 
PEARL RIVER NEAR CARTHAGE AFFECTING LEAKE COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1030 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
MSC079-220330-  
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0093.240422T0600Z-240423T0600Z/  
/WTGM6.1.ER.240422T0600Z.240422T0600Z.240422T1200Z.UU/  
859 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TUSCOLAMETA CREEK AT WALNUT GROVE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND AND LOW AREAS ALONG AND  
NEAR THE RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 25.0  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED  
 
TUSCOLAMETA CREEK  
WALNUT GROVE 25.0 22.0 SUN 8 AM CDT 25.0 23.5 20.5  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3266 8953 3261 8945 3257 8935 3250 8942  
3258 8953 3263 8960  
 

 
 
MSC079-220330-  
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0094.240426T0000Z-240427T0000Z/  
/CARM6.1.ER.240426T0000Z.240426T0000Z.240426T0600Z.NO/  
859 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PEARL RIVER NEAR CARTHAGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, MINOR OVERBANK FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG  
AND NEAR THE RIVER IS OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 15.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 15.5 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. IT  
WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED  
 
PEARL RIVER  
CARTHAGE 17.0 14.1 SUN 7 AM CDT 15.5 15.5 16.2  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3271 8964 3277 8956 3280 8951 3268 8946  
3266 8952 3263 8960  
 

 
 
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