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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1134 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
MSZ038-039-043>046-048>066-072>074-101400-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINSTON-NOXUBEE-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON
DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIDGELAND, PHILADELPHIA, CONEHATTA,
QUITMAN, LUMBERTON, ROXIE, MACON, RICHLAND, TAYLORSVILLE, NEWTON,
BUDE, PEARL, COLUMBIA, NATCHEZ, RALEIGH, HATTIESBURG, MEADVILLE,
MONTICELLO, MERIDIAN, FOREST, BASSFIELD, DECATUR, COLLINS,
FAYETTE, MENDENHALL, MAGEE, SHUBUTA, JACKSON, WESSON, PEARL
RIVER, CARTHAGE, CANTON, PORT GIBSON, BAY SPRINGS, WEST
HATTIESBURG, BROOKSVILLE, NEW HEBRON, STONEWALL, SCOOBA,
LOUISVILLE, HAZLEHURST, PRENTISS, LAUREL, PURVIS, MORTON,
BRANDON, MADISON, HEIDELBERG, MOUNT OLIVE, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE
KALB, UNION, AND BROOKHAVEN
1134 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL,
SOUTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, COPIAH, HINDS, LEAKE, MADISON MS,
RANKIN, SCOTT, SIMPSON AND SMITH. IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI,
CLARKE, JASPER, KEMPER, LAUDERDALE, NESHOBA, NEWTON, NOXUBEE AND
WINSTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, JEFFERSON DAVIS, LAWRENCE,
LINCOLN AND MARION. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI, COVINGTON, FORREST,
JONES AND LAMAR. IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI, ADAMS, CLAIBORNE,
FRANKLIN MS AND JEFFERSON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. STORM DRAINS
AND DITCHES MAY BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL WITHIN A SHORT
PERIOD TIME. STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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