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WGUS44 KMEG 100339
FLWMEG
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1039 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
YALOBUSHA RIVER AT CALHOUN CITY
FOR THE YALOBUSHA RIVER...INCLUDING CALHOUN CITY...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.
MSC013-111545-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FL.W.0023.240410T0600Z-240411T2309Z/
/CCTM6.1.ER.240410T0600Z.240411T0600Z.240411T1708Z.NR/
1039 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...YALOBUSHA RIVER AT CALHOUN CITY.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING IS
OCCURRING. ACCESS TO LOW-LYING AREAS IS RESTRICTED DUE TO FLOOD
WATERS COVERING SECONDARY ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 23.2 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 23.9 FEET
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3389 8944 3398 8914 3377 8914 3376 8942
PWB
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