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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
528 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
MSC071-081-093-115-145-100130-
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LAFAYETTE MS-LEE MS-MARSHALL MS-PONTOTOC MS-UNION MS-
528 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, LAFAYETTE, LEE, MARSHALL, PONTOTOC AND UNION.
* WHEN...UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEVERAL
STRUCTURES ARE FLOODED AND SOME SAND BAGGING OPERATIONS ARE
CONTINUING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 528 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ALBANY, PONTOTOC, TRACE STATE PARK, ECRU, NEW HARMONY,
PINEDALE, ETTA, KEOWNVILLE, FURRS, SHERMAN, THAXTON, ALGOMA,
TOCCOPOLA, BLUE SPRINGS, CHERRY CREEK, INGOMAR, HORTONTOWN,
BALD HILL, BUCHANNAN AND MARTINTOWN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3450 8925 3452 8920 3457 8875 3438 8884
3437 8883 3436 8880 3419 8882 3421 8925
3421 8926
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