426  
WGUS44 KMEG 100327  
FLWMEG  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1027 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...  
 
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BIGBEE  
 
FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER...INCLUDING BIGBEE...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/MEMPHIS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.  
 

 
 
MSC095-111530-  
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/BGBM6.1.ER.240410T1635Z.240412T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1027 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BIGBEE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WATER IS FLOWING OVER HOOD ROAD. THE FLOOD  
PLAIN BETWEEN TOWN CREEK AND THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER IS FLOODED.  
EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 6 NEAR  
BIGBEE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 17.9  
FEET THURSDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3409 8852 3409 8840 3399 8852 3406 8857  
 

 
 
PWB  
 
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