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EXPIRED5/30/2025 10:02:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
5/30/2025 10:02:00 AM until 5/30/2025 10:15:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.water.noaa.gov/wfo/jan
The next statement will be issued this evening at 1015 PM CDT.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Mississippi...
Tallahala Creek At Laurel affecting Jones County.
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and minor flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Tallahala Creek at Laurel.
* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 16.5 feet, Water begins to affect buildings on the
right bank just downstream near Highway 15. Several other
buildings further downstream are affected as well.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 16.7 feet.
- Forecast...The river has crested and will continue to fall
below flood stage through the weekend.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood