Flood Warning in Holmes County, Mississippi
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/7/2023 8:28:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/7/2023 8:28:00 PM until 4/8/2023 8:30:00 AM
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Forecast includes rainfall on the ground and 24 hours of additional
rainfall.
Additional information is available at
www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=JAN
The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 830 AM CDT.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Mississippi...
Big Black River Near Bentonia affecting Madison and Yazoo
Counties.
Big Black River Near Bovina affecting Hinds and Warren Counties.
Big Black River At West affecting Holmes and Attala Counties.
For the Big Black/Homochitto...including West, Bentonia, Bovina,
Rosetta...Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Big Black River At West.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM CDT Friday the stage was 15.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 18.5
feet early Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Fld Observed Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sat Sun Mon
Big Black River
West 15.0 15.2 Fri 7 pm CDT 17.8 18.4 18.5
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