Updated: Mon Jan-20-20 06:33pm GMT-0600
Effective: Tue Jan-21-20 06:00am GMT-0600
Expires: Wed Jan-29-20 12:00am GMT-0600
Severity: Moderate
Urgency: Expected
Certainty: Likely
Status: Actual
Type: Alert
Category: Met
Areas affected: Bolivar; Washington
Instructions: Do not drive or walk through areas where water covers roadway! the
water may be deeper than it appears. remember...turn around, don`t
drown!
mississippi river forecasts are based on rainfall that has occurred
and that which is forecast to occur over the next 48 hours.
additional information is available at:
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=jan
the next regularly scheduled update is expected between 8 and 10 am.
Message Summary: ...the flood warning continues for the following rivers in
arkansas...mississippi...louisiana..
Mississippi river near arkansas city affecting chicot...desha...
Bolivar and washington counties
mississippi river near greenville affecting east carroll parish
and chicot...issaquena and washington counties
mississippi river at vicksburg affecting madison and tensas
parishes and claiborne...jefferson and warren counties
mississippi river at natchez affecting concordia parish and adams
and wilkinson counties
the flood warning continues for
the mississippi river near arkansas city
* from tuesday morning to wednesday january 29th.
* at 6:00 pm monday the stage was 36.8 feet and rising.
* minor flooding is forecast.
* flood stage is 37 feet.
* forecast...the river will rise above flood stage on tuesday and will
continue rising to a crest near 38 feet this weekend.
* impact...at 37 feet...the low silt plain in front of arkansas city
inside the levee system begins to flood along with widespread
bottomland flooding at huntington point, mississippi.
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flood observed forecast 6 am crest
location stg stg day time tue wed thu crest time date
lower mississippi river
arkansas city 37 36.8 mon 6 pm 37.0 37.5 37.7 38.0 6 am 1/25
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