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WGUS84 KJAN 242157
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 PM CDT WED APR 24 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING MADISON AND YAZOO
COUNTIES.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM CDT.
MSC089-163-251000-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-240427T2000Z/
/BTAM6.2.ER.240410T1130Z.240413T1300Z.240427T0200Z.NO/
457 PM CDT WED APR 24 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.4 FEET AND FALLING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON
FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 24.4 WED 4 PM CDT 23.4 22.1 21.0
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
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