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WGUS44 KJAN 220045
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
745 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON MS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING 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 745 AM CDT.
MSC007-051-221245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0011.260522T1908Z-000000T0000Z/
/WSTM6.1.ER.260522T1908Z.260524T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
745 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER AT WEST.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND
ARE UNDER WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF
18.5 FEET SATURDAY EVENING.
- 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 12.1 THU 6 PM CDT 16.7 18.5 18.3
LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
3313 8969 3285 8987
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