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WGUS84 KJAN 301639
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1039 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST AFFECTING HOLMES AND ATTALA 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.NOAA.GOV/WFO/JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1045 PM CST.
MSC007-051-310445-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260204T1800Z/
/WSTM6.1.ER.260126T1215Z.260129T2330Z.260204T0000Z.NO/
1039 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL AND
LOWLAND BECOME INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.5 FEET ON 02/07/2016.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 AM CST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
BIG BLACK RIVER
WEST 15.0 17.7 FRI 9 AM CST 16.8 16.1 15.7
LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
3313 8969 3285 8987
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