916
WGUS44 KMEG 101359
FLWMEG
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
859 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
YALOBUSHA RIVER AT CALHOUN CITY
FOR THE YALOBUSHA RIVER...INCLUDING CALHOUN CITY...MODERATE FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/MEMPHIS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
MSC013-120100-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-240412T0051Z/
/CCTM6.2.ER.240410T0620Z.240411T0000Z.240411T1851Z.NR/
859 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...YALOBUSHA RIVER AT CALHOUN CITY.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW 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 8:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 23.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3389 8944 3398 8914 3377 8914 3376 8942
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