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WGUS44 KJAN 070227
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
927 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON MS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL AFFECTING JONES COUNTY.
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 THURSDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM CDT.
MSC067-071600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0010.260507T1027Z-260508T2201Z/
/LURM6.1.ER.260507T1027Z.260507T1800Z.260508T0400Z.NO/
927 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER OLD SANDERSVILLE
ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 15.0 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
TALLAHALA CREEK
LAUREL 13.0 2.3 WED 8 PM CDT 14.4 6.8 5.1
LAT...LON 3137 8915 3156 8923 3181 8913 3182 8902
3156 8911 3140 8914
CR
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