Flash Flood Watch until 09:00AM Thursday
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of northeast Louisiana and Mississippi, including the following areas in northeast Louisiana, East Carroll, Franklin LA, Madison LA, Richland, Tensas and West Carroll. In Mississippi, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison MS, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Warren, Winston and Yazoo.
* From 9 PM CST this evening through Thursday morning
* Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts in a short amount of time is likely.
* Ongoing river flooding may be worsened.
* AFFECTED AREAS: TENSAS ... WEST CARROLL ... MADISON ... HINDS ... KEMPER ... SIMPSON ... NOXUBEE ... ATTALA ... RANKIN ... YAZOO ... LAUDERDALE ... ISSAQUENA ... HUMPHREYS ... MADISON ... JASPER ... LEAKE ... SMITH ... CLARKE ... EAST CARROLL ... WARREN ... COPIAH ... WINSTON ... NEWTON ... NESHOBA ... SCOTT ... RICHLAND ... FRANKLIN ... CLAIBORNE ... HOLMES ... SHARKEY
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Lauderdale EMA
2525 14th St
Meridian, MS 39301
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-482-9852
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch