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WGUS84 KLIX 060040
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
740 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...
PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND
WASHINGTON PARISH.
PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER AFFECTING PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES, AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
FOR THE LOWER PEARL RIVER...INCLUDING BOGALUSA, PEARL RIVER...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LIX. CLICK ON
THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
LAC103-MSC045-109-061845-
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740 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.5 FEET, SECONDARY ROADS TO THE RIVER AND THROUGHOUT
HONEY ISLAND SWAMP ARE INUNDATED. PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF THE
GAGE IS FLOODED THREATENING ABOUT 20 HOMES ALONG THE LEFT BANK. THE
BOGUE CHITTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL BE CLOSED TO HUNTING AT
THE 15.5 FOOT STAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:00 PM CDT SUNDAY WAS 15.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.3 FEET WEDNESDAY,
JULY 15.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.2
FEET ON 04/05/1945.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3020 8955 3018 8964 3067 8990 3067 8976
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