Flood Warning in Jackson County, Mississippi
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/18/2023 8:05:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/18/2023 8:05:00 PM until 4/21/2023 7:00:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/lix. Click
on the Rivers and Lakes menu for forecasts and observations.
The next statement will be issued when updates are needed.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Mississippi...
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry affecting Jackson County.
For the Pascagoula River...including Graham Ferry...Minor flooding
is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO
FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry.
* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, River property at Cumbest Bluff will be
cut off by high water and some river roads will be impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:45 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 15.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.0
feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
stage early Friday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
16.0 feet on 05/05/1997.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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