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WGUS84 KJAN 311327
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
827 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING YAZOO AND MADISON
COUNTIES.
BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST AFFECTING ATTALA AND HOLMES COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 830 PM CDT.
MSC089-163-010130-
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-250404T2200Z/
/BTAM6.1.ER.250328T0530Z.250402T1800Z.250404T0400Z.NO/
827 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING TO A CREST OF 23.0 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 18.8 MON 8 AM CDT 20.8 22.8 22.7
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
MSC007-051-010130-
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/WSTM6.1.ER.250325T0711Z.250328T0215Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
827 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL AND
LOWLAND BECOME INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 18.0 FEET
THURSDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
BIG BLACK RIVER
WEST 15.0 9.7 MON 7 AM CDT 15.9 17.3 17.7
LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
3313 8969 3285 8987
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