The Flood Advisory continues for
the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.
* Until this evening.
* At 10:00 am Tuesday the stage was 40.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 43.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to near 40.3 feet tomorrow morning.
* Impact... at 40.0 feet... several roads in the Long Lake and Chickasaw
bayou communities are inundated.
* Impact... at 39.0 feet... begin closing first flood gate at the
Vicksburg Waterfront.
* Impact... at 36.5 feet... water begins to affect the Long Lake
community.
* Impact... at 35.0 feet... several thousand acres of farm,
agricultural, and bottom land floods. In the Yazoo backwater area
north of the city, hunting camps and forested land begin to flood.
Flood observed forecast 6am crest
location stg stg day time Wed Thu Fri crest day time
Lower Mississippi River
Vicksburg 43 40.0 Tue 10 am 40.1 40.3 40.3 40.3 Wed 06 am