183  
WGUS84 KJAN 090039  
FLSJAN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSISSIPPI...  
 
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BOVINA AFFECTING WARREN AND HINDS COUNTIES.  
 
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA AFFECTING YAZOO AND MADISON  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
MSC049-149-091500-  
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0102.000000T0000Z-240611T0000Z/  
/BOVM6.1.ER.240605T1200Z.240609T1800Z.240610T0600Z.NO/  
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BOVINA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER  
BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:15 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 28.5 FEET EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE  
 
BIG BLACK RIVER  
BOVINA 28.0 27.9 SAT 7 PM CDT 28.4 25.7 22.8  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3217 9093 3224 9078 3256 9064 3245 9052  
3218 9065 3204 9102  
 
 
 
MSC089-163-091500-  
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0101.000000T0000Z-240610T0600Z/  
/BTAM6.2.ER.240604T2224Z.240606T0900Z.240609T1200Z.NO/  
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, LOW LYING WOODLAND AREAS ALONG THE RIVER  
BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.4 FEET THURSDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE  
 
BIG BLACK RIVER  
BENTONIA 22.0 22.5 SAT 7 PM CDT 21.2 20.0 18.8  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987  
3272 8996 3245 9052  
 
 
 
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