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WGUS44 KJAN 200107
FLWJAN

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
807 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Mississippi...

  Tallahala Creek At Laurel affecting Jones County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at
www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=JAN

The next statement will be issued Monday morning at 815 AM CDT.

&&

MSC067-201315-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0100.240520T0107Z-240523T0925Z/
/LURM6.2.ER.240519T2043Z.240520T0600Z.240522T1525Z.NO/
807 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Tallahala Creek at Laurel.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 16.5 feet, Water begins to affect building on the
  right bank just downstream near Highway 15. Several other
  buildings further downstream are affected as well.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:37 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest just
    after midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.


&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed

Tallahala Creek
Laurel         13.0  15.3  Sun 5 pm CDT 15.4  14.6  12.2


&&

LAT...LON 3137 8915 3156 8923 3181 8913 3182 8902
      3156 8911 3140 8914


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KP