FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 748 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE PEARL RIVER NEAR MONTICELLO
* FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 7:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TOMORROW
EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 23.0 FEET BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...WATER INUNDATES SOME LOWLAND AND
AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER.
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME TUE WED THU CREST DAY TIME
MIDDLE PEARL RIVER
MONTICELLO 22 18.0 MON 07 PM 19.5 22.7 22.1 23.0 WED 12 PM
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 413 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREA THIS MORNING AS
ABUNDANT MOISTURE COMBINES WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A
COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR. THE COLD
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
BEHIND THE FRONT OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND MANY LOCAL
CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE AT HIGH LEVELS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE
WATCH AREA FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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