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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1152 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
ESCATAWPA RIVER ABOVE ORANGE GROVE AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY.
FOR THE ESCATAWPA RIVER...INCLUDING ORANGE GROVE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
MSC059-231100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0091.260623T0600Z-260623T1800Z/
/ORAM6.1.ER.260623T0600Z.260623T0600Z.260623T1200Z.NO/
1152 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ESCATAWPA RIVER ABOVE ORANGE GROVE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, FLOODING WILL OCCUR AT LOW SPOTS ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 90 FROM ORANGE GROVE TO MOSS POINT. SOME RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESS STRUCTURES WILL BE THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0 FEET
LATER TODAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.7
FEET ON 01/04/2017.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3046 8842 3046 8845 3052 8845 3052 8841
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