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WGUS84 KJAN 251111
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
611 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2020
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING MADISON AND YAZOO
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FORECAST INCLUDES RAINFALL ON THE GROUND AND 24 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 1200 PM CDT.
MSC089-163-251700-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0182.000000T0000Z-200928T0810Z/
/BTAM6.1.ER.200924T1908Z.200926T0000Z.200927T2010Z.NO/
611 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2020
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* AT 5:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.5 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO
FLOOD.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 23.3 FRI 5 AM CDT 23.5 23.1 19.8
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
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