531  
WGUS84 KJAN 251437  
FLSJAN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
937 AM CDT SAT MAR 25 2023  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ AFFECTING WILKINSON, ADAMS AND  
CONCORDIA COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ...INCLUDING ARKANSAS CITY,  
GREENVILLE, VICKSBURG, NATCHEZ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
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 48 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 EVENING AT 800 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
LAC029-MSC001-157-260245-  
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-230414T0000Z/  
/NTZM6.1.ER.230323T0000Z.230409T0000Z.230413T0600Z.NO/  
937 AM CDT SAT MAR 25 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 13
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 13.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 48.0 FEET, CARTHAGE POINT ROAD BECOMES IMPASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 46.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 41.6 FEET EARLY THURSDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY, APRIL  
05 TO 49.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
NATCHEZ 48.0 46.0 SAT 8 AM CDT 44.7 43.5 42.4  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3101 9170 3130 9167 3193 9129 3187 9114  
3130 9147 3100 9154  
 

 
 
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