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WGUS84 KJAN 290322
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1022 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 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 HOLMES AND ATTALA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 SATURDAY MORNING AT 1115 AM CDT.
MSC089-163-291615-
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/BTAM6.1.ER.250328T0530Z.250401T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1022 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, LOW LYING WOODLAND AREAS ALONG THE RIVER
BEGINS TO FLOOD.
AT 23.5 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.0
FEET MONDAY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY FALLING OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 22.1 FRI 9 PM CDT 22.4 22.7 23.0
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
MSC007-051-291615-
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-250402T0712Z/
/WSTM6.1.ER.250325T0711Z.250328T0215Z.250401T1312Z.NO/
1022 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL AND
LOWLAND BECOME INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
BIG BLACK RIVER
WEST 15.0 17.6 FRI 9 PM CDT 17.2 16.4 15.5
LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
3313 8969 3285 8987
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