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WGUS84 KLIX 070041
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
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.
MSC109-071845-
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/MNLM6.1.ER.260606T2324Z.260607T1200Z.260608T2030Z.NO/
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK NEAR MCNEIL.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY 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 6:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 6:45 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 15.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.5 FEET
TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.5
FEET ON 02/25/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3066 8971 3079 8966 3080 8961 3066 8959
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