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WGUS84 KLIX 070037
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
737 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI...
BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
FOR THE BILOXI RIVER...INCLUDING LYMAN...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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
MSC047-071845-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0056.260607T0449Z-260608T1800Z/
/LYMM6.1.ER.260607T0449Z.260607T1200Z.260608T1200Z.NO/
737 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LORAINE ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD AT 13 FEET
MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS. RIVER ROAD NEAR THREE RIVERS ROAD BRIDGE
WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 13.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY MORNING TO 5.1 FEET EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.6
FEET ON 05/29/1976.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3048 8901 3048 8909 3055 8912 3055 8905
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