FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA
635 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSISSIPPI..

  THE BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR TYLERTOWN AFFECTING PIKE AND WALTHALL
  COUNTIES

FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH
ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS
WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF
RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS.  TURN
AROUND AND DON`T DROWN.

A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION.  THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV.

&&

MSC113-147-291735-
/O.CON.KLIX.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-090330T2008Z/
/TYTM6.3.ER.090327T0918Z.090329T0000Z.090330T1408Z.NO/
635 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR TYLERTOWN.
* UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.2 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO AROUND 28.4
  FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.





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WGUS44 KJAN 281936
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, MS
236 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MISSISSIPPI...

  NOXUBEE RIVER AT MACON AFFECTING NOXUBEE COUNTY


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS! THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
VENTURING NEAR RIVERBANKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD
RISING WATER THREATEN YOUR SAFETY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND, DON`T
DROWN!

THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED,
COMBINED WITH RAINFALL THAT IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 12
HOURS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS)
HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=JAN

THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED UPDATE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND
10 PM.

&&

MSC103-300136-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0063.090329T0800Z-090330T1500Z/
/MCNM6.1.ER.090329T0800Z.090330T0000Z.090330T0900Z.NO/
236 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NOXUBEE RIVER AT MACON
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 12:00 PM SATURDAY...THE STAGE WAS 25.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY
  AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 26.5 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT AT 26 FEET...LOW LAND NEAR THE RIVER IS FLOODED

&&

              FLOOD    OBSERVED       FORECAST 7 AM       CREST
LOCATION       STG   STG DAY  TIME   SUN   MON   TUE  CREST DAY TIME

NOXUBEE RIVER
MACON           26  25.2 SAT 12 PM  26.2  25.8  23.5  26.5  SUN 7 PM

$$