021
WGUS84 KJAN 130048
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
748 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 800 AM CDT.
MSC007-051-131300-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0009.260314T1500Z-260317T1330Z/
/WSTM6.1.ER.260314T1500Z.260315T1200Z.260316T1930Z.NO/
748 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LOWLANDS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE
RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE SATURDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 16.0 FEET SUNDAY MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
BIG BLACK RIVER
WEST 15.0 12.0 THU 6 PM CDT 13.9 15.7 15.7
LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
3313 8969 3285 8987
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