Flowood, MS Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pearl River at Jackson.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 29.0 feet, Farmland in southern Rankin County begins
to flood and water begins to affect home access near the river in
the Byram area.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 28.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
just after midnight tonight and continue falling to 17.5 feet
Monday evening.
- Flood stage is 28.0 feet.


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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location   Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat

Pearl River
Jackson    28.0  28.5  Wed 6 pm CDT 25.2  23.1  22.4


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