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WGUS44 KJAN 220119
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
819 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON MS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING AT 830 AM CDT.
MSC089-163-221330-
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/BTAM6.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260622T0600Z.260623T1251Z.NO/
819 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR BENTONIA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
BIG BLACK RIVER
BENTONIA 22.0 22.8 SUN 7 PM CDT 22.9 20.6 17.6
LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
3272 8996 3245 9052
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