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WGUS44 KLIX 170128
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
828 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
.POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE 1 MAY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TO THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL IMPACT
RIVER STAGES AND FLOODING.
FOR THE WOLF RIVER...INCLUDING GULFPORT...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 WHEN UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
MSC047-171930-
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/GLFM6.1.ER.260617T1604Z.260618T0000Z.260619T0600Z.NO/
828 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, BELLS FERRY ROAD WILL BE CLOSED WITHIN A
MILE OF THE BRIDGE AS THE ROAD WILL BE COVERED BY SWIFT MOVING
RIVER CURRENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 10.5 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.5
FEET ON 05/15/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3039 8917 3037 8922 3041 8922 3042 8919
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