940
WGUS44 KJAN 241414
FLWJAN

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
914 AM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025

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

  Big Black River At West affecting Attala and Holmes Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.water.noaa.gov/wfo/jan

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1000 PM CDT.

&&

MSC007-051-250300-
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/WSTM6.1.ER.250327T0720Z.250328T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
914 AM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Black River at West.

* WHEN...From late Wednesday night until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Lowlands and agricultural land near the
  river begin to flood.
  At 17.0 feet, Several thousand acres of agricultural and lowland
  become inundated.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 AM CDT Monday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will continue to rise to above flood
    stage early Thursday morning to 17.0 feet late Friday morning
    to early afternoon. It will then fall again but remain above
    flood stage.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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

Big Black River
West           15.0  10.9  Mon 8 am CDT 14.4  14.0  15.7


&&

LAT...LON 3291 9006 3314 8990 3330 8981 3322 8963
      3313 8969 3285 8987


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