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WGUS44 KJAN 231416
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
916 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING MADISON AND YAZOO
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 930 PM CDT.
MSC089-163-240230-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-260626T2034Z/
/BTAM6.2.ER.000000T0000Z.260623T1200Z.260626T0234Z.NO/
916 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IS
OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WAS CRESTING AND EXPECTED TO BEGIN A
SLOW FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
25.2 FEET ON 02/04/2006.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 25.2 TUE 8 AM CDT 24.9 23.6 20.9
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
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