767 
WGUS84 KJAN 240104
FLSJAN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, MS
704 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Mississippi...

  Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove affecting Leake County 
  Pearl River Near Monticello affecting Lawrence County 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive or walk through areas where water covers roadway! The 
water may be deeper than it appears. Remember...Turn around, don't 
drown!

Forecasts are based on rainfall that has occurred and that which is 
forecast to occur. Routine 24 hours of forecast rainfall is used for 
most sites. Routine 48 hours of forecast rainfall is used on Tibbee 
Creek...Luxapallila Creek...Noxubee River...and the Tombigbee River.


The next regularly scheduled update is expected between 8 and 10 AM.

&&

MSC079-250704-
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/WTGM6.1.ER.170122T0425Z.170123T1900Z.170125T1800Z.NO/
704 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017


The Flood Warning continues for
  The Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove
* until late Wednesday night.
* At 6:00 PM Monday the stage was 26.9 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue falling and will fall below 
  flood stage by early Wednesday afternoon.
* Impact...At 27.0 feet...Agricultural land along the river is 
  flooding.
* Impact...At 25.0 feet...Agricultural land and low areas along and 
  near the river begin to flood.

&&
 
              Flood    Observed        Forecast 6 AM      Crest
Location      Stg   Stg Day  Time   Tue   Wed   Thu Crest Time  Date

Tuscolameta Creek
Walnut Grove   25  26.9 Mon 06 PM  26.8  25.7  21.3     Falling          


&&


LAT...LON 3266 8953 3261 8945 3257 8935 3250 8942
      3258 8953 3263 8960             



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MSC077-250704-
/O.CON.KJAN.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170126T0300Z/
/MTCM6.1.ER.170122T0100Z.170123T2115Z.170125T1200Z.NO/
704 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017


The Flood Warning continues for
  The Pearl River Near Monticello
* until Wednesday evening.
* At 6:15 PM Monday the stage was 23.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue falling and will fall below 
  flood stage by Wednesday morning.
* Impact...At 22.0 feet...Water inundates some lowland and 
  agricultural land near the river.
* Impact...At 20.0 feet...Water begins to enter some lowland pasture 
  land in the vicinity of Monticello.

&&
 
              Flood    Observed        Forecast 6 AM      Crest
Location      Stg   Stg Day  Time   Tue   Wed   Thu Crest Time  Date

Middle Pearl River 
Monticello     22  23.1 Mon 06 PM  22.8  22.0  21.3     Falling          


&&


LAT...LON 3140 9008 3155 9017 3168 9019 3169 9005
      3155 9002 3140 8992             



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