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WGUS64 KJAN 081657
FFAJAN
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1057 AM CST THU JAN 8 2026
MSZ038-039-043>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-090100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINSTON-NOXUBEE-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-
LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-
FORREST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MACON, PEARL RIVER, DECATUR, BROOKSVILLE,
RIDGELAND, CANTON, MERIDIAN, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, BAY SPRINGS, UNION,
LOUISVILLE, CONEHATTA, QUITMAN, TAYLORSVILLE, CARTHAGE, WESSON,
MAGEE, FOREST, WEST HATTIESBURG, COLUMBIA, BRANDON, MOUNT OLIVE,
NEWTON, HEIDELBERG, BASSFIELD, DE KALB, RALEIGH, PHILADELPHIA,
NEW HEBRON, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, RICHLAND, LAUREL, SHUBUTA,
BROOKHAVEN, PURVIS, SCOOBA, MENDENHALL, STONEWALL, MADISON,
PRENTISS, MORTON, JACKSON, LUMBERTON, COLLINS, PEARL, AND
MONTICELLO
1057 AM CST THU JAN 8 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI, COPIAH, HINDS, LEAKE, MADISON MS, RANKIN, SCOTT,
SIMPSON AND SMITH. IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, CLARKE, JASPER,
KEMPER, LAUDERDALE, NESHOBA, NEWTON, NOXUBEE AND WINSTON. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, JEFFERSON DAVIS, LAWRENCE, LINCOLN AND
MARION. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI, COVINGTON, FORREST, JONES AND
LAMAR.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD TIME.
TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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