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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
827 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
BUTTAHATCHIE RIVER NEAR ABERDEEN
FOR THE BUTTAHATCHIE RIVER...INCLUDING ABERDEEN...MINOR 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 WEATHER.GOV/MEMPHIS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
MSC087-095-010130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FL.W.0012.260429T2248Z-260503T2100Z/
/ABDM6.1.ER.260429T2248Z.260430T1800Z.260503T1500Z.NO/
827 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BUTTAHATCHIE RIVER NEAR ABERDEEN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, FLOOD WATER BEGINS TO COVER AIR BASE ROAD
LOCATED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER. LOW-LYING FARMLAND NEAR THE
RIVER ALSO BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 14.3 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THEN
GRADUALLY RISE TO 14.2 FEET EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3409 8829 3409 8821 3373 8826 3365 8843
3370 8844 3375 8839
CJC
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