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WGUS44 KLIX 062141
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
EAST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR CAESAR AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND HAS LED TO RAPID RISE OF
THE RIVER.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 WHEN UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
MSC109-071545-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0058.260607T0421Z-260608T1700Z/
/CREM6.1.ER.260607T0421Z.260607T1800Z.260608T1100Z.NO/
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR CAESAR.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY 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 SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 16.0 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.1
FEET ON 07/22/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3052 8957 3053 8969 3082 8960 3082 8948
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