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WGUS44 KLIX 190631
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
131 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
JOURDAN RIVER NEAR KILN/BAY ST. LOUIS AFFECTING HANCOCK COUNTY.
FOR THE JOURDAN RIVER...INCLUDING KILN/BAY ST. LOUIS...MAJOR 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.
MSC045-200045-
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/KLNM6.3.ER.260618T1856Z.260619T1200Z.260620T0800Z.NO/
131 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...JOURDAN RIVER NEAR KILN/BAY ST. LOUIS.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, HOMES ALONG THE RIVER ON THE SOUTH BANK
WILL FLOOD. WATER WILL BE OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE BRIDGE APPROACH.
BACKWATER FLOODING WILL THREATEN PROPERTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 43.
ACCESS TO THE RIVER WILL BE RESTRICTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 12:45 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 9.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.5 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.7
FEET ON 08/29/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3036 8943 3039 8951 3043 8947 3040 8939
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