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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 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...
EAST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR CAESAR AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY.
FOR THE EAST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK...INCLUDING CAESAR...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.0041.260522T1800Z-260523T2024Z/
/CREM6.1.ER.260522T1800Z.260523T0000Z.260523T1424Z.NO/
500 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR CAESAR.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, WATER OVER A FEW ROADS IN THE CITY OF
PICAYUNE WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SCHOOL BUS TRAFFIC MAY NEED
ALTERNATE ROUTES. A FEW HOMES ON NORTHWOOD DRIVE WILL BE
THREATENED. BEECH STREET AND WESTCHESTER SUBDIVISION BELOW THE
CONFLUENCE OF THE EAST AND WEST BRANCHES IS SUBJECT TO FLOODING IN
LOW PLACES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 15.5 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3052 8957 3053 8969 3082 8960 3082 8948
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