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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
458 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR MCNEIL AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY.
FOR THE WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK...INCLUDING MCNEIL...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
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.WEATHER.GOV/LIX. CLICK
ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 900 AM CDT.
MSC109-221400-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0040.260522T0439Z-260524T0028Z/
/MNLM6.1.ER.260522T0439Z.260522T1200Z.260523T1827Z.NO/
458 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR MCNEIL.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, SOME ROADS IN THE COUNTY INUNDATED BUT
PASSABLE. HOMES IN WESTCHESTER SUBDIVISION, PICAYUNE WILL BE
THREATENED. WATER OVER A FEW ROADS IN THE CITY OF PICAYUNE WILL
CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SCHOOL BUS TRAFFIC MAY NEED ALTERNATE
ROUTES. BEECH STREET AND WESTCHESTER SUBDIVISION BELOW THE
CONFLUENCE OF THE EAST AND WEST BRANCHES WILL BE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING IN LOW PLACES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 17.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING
THEN BEGIN FALLING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3066 8971 3079 8966 3080 8961 3066 8959
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