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WGUS44 KJAN 011429
FLWJAN

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
929 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

...The National Weather Service in Jackson MS has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Mississippi...

  Big Black River Near Bentonia affecting Madison and Yazoo
  Counties.

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 this evening at 930 PM CDT.

&&

MSC089-163-020230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0101.240603T0600Z-240605T0101Z/
/BTAM6.1.ER.240603T0600Z.240603T1800Z.240604T0700Z.NO/
929 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Black River near Bentonia.

* WHEN...From late Sunday night to Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 22.0 feet, Low lying woodland areas along the river
  begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 11.4 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Monday morning to a crest of 22.5 feet early Monday
    afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.


&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Big Black River
Bentonia       22.0  11.4  Sat 9 am CDT 17.8  22.4  21.5


&&

LAT...LON 3256 9064 3281 9012 3291 9006 3285 8987
      3272 8996 3245 9052


$$

AJ