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WGUS44 KJAN 291331
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, MS
831 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING MADISON AND YAZOO COUNTIES
SAFETY MESSAGE... DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS ROADWAYS! THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. PLEASE USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING NEAR RIVERBANKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY SHOULD RISING WATER THREATEN YOUR SAFETY. REMEMBER...TURN
AROUND, DON'T DROWN!
THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED,
COMBINED WITH RAINFALL THAT IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 12
HOURS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS)
HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED UPDATE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND
10 PM.
MSC089-163-301931-
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/BTAM6.1.ER.080529T1010Z.080530T1200Z.080531T0020Z.NO/
831 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 22.8 FEET BY
TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER IS
FLOODING.
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN CREST DAY TIME
LOWER BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22 22.2 THU 08 AM 22.8 18.9 13.8 22.8 FRI 07 AM
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