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WGUS44 KLIX 171350
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
850 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
.THE RIVER FORECAST INCLUDES 48 HOURS OF FORECASTED RAINFALL. THESE
RIVER FORECASTS COULD CHANGE BASED ON HOW POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE
1 TRACKS ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED FOR MAJOR FLOODING.
FOR THE WOLF RIVER...INCLUDING GULFPORT...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
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.
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.
MSC047-180800-
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/LYMM6.1.ER.260619T0126Z.260619T1200Z.260620T1845Z.NO/
850 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, AT 14 FEET HOMES ON LOWER FISHERMAN TRAIL
WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD AND LOWER RIVER ROAD WILL BE IMPASSABLE.
DRIVING ON LORAINE ROAD WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE HIGH WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING TO A CREST OF 14.8 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.8
FEET ON 07/07/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3048 8901 3048 8909 3055 8912 3055 8905
MSC047-180800-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0073.260617T1649Z-000000T0000Z/
/GLFM6.2.ER.260617T1649Z.260621T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
850 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WOLF RIVER ABOVE GULFPORT.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER WILL BE IN SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THE
RIVER NEAR THE BELLS FERRY ROAD BRIDGE. 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 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 12.5 FEET EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.6
FEET ON 08/31/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3039 8917 3037 8922 3041 8922 3042 8919
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