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WGUS84 KLIX 260031
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
731 PM CDT THU APR 25 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...
PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER AFFECTING PEARL RIVER, ST. TAMMANY
AND HANCOCK COUNTIES.
FOR THE LOWER PEARL RIVER...INCLUDING PEARL RIVER...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LIX. CLICK
ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 145 PM CDT.
LAC103-MSC045-109-261845-
/O.CON.KLIX.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-240427T1200Z/
/PERL1.1.ER.240311T0930Z.240321T2145Z.240427T0600Z.NO/
731 PM CDT THU APR 25 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.5 FEET, SECONDARY ROADS TO THE RIVER AND
THROUGHOUT HONEY ISLAND SWAMP ARE INUNDATED. PROPERTY IN THE
VICINITY OF THE GAGE IS FLOODED THREATENING ABOUT 20 HOMES ALONG
THE LEFT BANK. THE BOGUE CHITTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL BE
CLOSED TO HUNTING AT THE 15.5 FOOT STAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.9 FEET
SUNDAY, MAY 05.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.1 FEET ON 02/06/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3020 8955 3018 8964 3067 8990 3067 8976
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