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City of Oxford, MS
Saturday January 11th, 2020 :: 05:54 a.m. CST

Advisory

Flood Advisory until 07:45AM

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Central Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 745 AM CST.

* At 552 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding in the advisory area. Radar estimates up to 1.5 inches of rain has fallen in the past hour.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Oxford, Holly Springs National Forest, Springdale, Burgess, Cambridge, Abbeville, Taylor, College Hill Station, Keel, College Hill and Burt.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS

Instructions:

A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.

Address/Location
City of Oxford, MS
107 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-232-8073

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Advisory

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