754  
WGUS84 KLIX 121115  
FLSLIX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
615 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...  
 
PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER AFFECTING PEARL RIVER, HANCOCK AND  
ST. TAMMANY COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE LOWER PEARL RIVER...INCLUDING PEARL RIVER...MINOR FLOODING  
IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LIX. CLICK  
ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1015 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
LAC103-MSC045-109-130315-  
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260521T0000Z/  
/PERL1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260512T1800Z.260520T1800Z.NO/  
615 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 20  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 20.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, WHEN THE RIVER IS FALLING, WATER ON LOW  
LYING PROPERTY AND OVER THE LOWER PORTIONS OF STREETS IN RIVER  
GARDENS SUBDIVISION WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO DRAIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.9  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3020 8955 3018 8964 3067 8990 3067 8976  
 
 
 
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