Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, MS

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
918 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Mississippi...

  Pearl River Above Philadelphia affecting Neshoba 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 this evening at 930 PM CDT.

&&

MSC099-280230-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0057.240327T1418Z-240331T1800Z/
/PLAM6.1.ER.240327T1322Z.240328T0600Z.240331T0000Z.NO/
918 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Pearl River above Philadelphia.

* WHEN...From this morning to early Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Water begins to affect Burnside Lake Water
  Park.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 13.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.5
    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
    flood stage Saturday evening.
  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    14.5 feet on 03/09/1998.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

            Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location    Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat

Pearl River
Philadelphi 13.0  13.0  Wed 8 am CDT 13.5  13.4  13.1


&&

LAT...LON 3289 8922 3291 8915 3293 8902 3292 8893
      3284 8892 3277 8918


$$

MJH


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