Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, MS

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WGUS84 KJAN 151322
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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
822 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

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

  Big Sunflower River At Sunflower affecting Sunflower 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 830 PM CDT.

&&

MSC133-160130-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-240419T0800Z/
/SUNM6.1.ER.240410T2154Z.240413T1100Z.240418T1400Z.NO/
822 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Big Sunflower River at Sunflower.

* WHEN...Until early Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 23 feet, Farm roads to catfish ponds become
  inundated. Jeffcoat road west of river gage floods

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:30 AM CDT Monday the stage was 23.6 feet and falling.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage on
    Thursday.
  - Flood stage is 21 feet.


&&

                   Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location           Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu

Big Sunflower River
Sunflower          21.0  23.6  Mon 7 am CDT 22.8  22.0  21.1


&&

LAT...LON 3324 9081 3363 9062 3388 9075 3399 9059
      3363 9048 3324 9064


$$

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