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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
746 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR MCNEIL AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY.
FOR THE WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK...INCLUDING MCNEIL...MODERATE
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON CDT.
MSC109-221700-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0040.260522T0234Z-260524T0512Z/
/MNLM6.2.ER.260522T0234Z.260522T1800Z.260523T2312Z.NO/
746 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR MCNEIL.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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 6:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 18.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON 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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