Flood Warning until 06:00PM Sunday
The Flood Warning continues for the Coldwater River...Little Tallahatchie Canal. The Flood Warning continues for the Little Tallahatchie Canal at Etta near New Albany
* from Sunday January 12 until later Sunday January 12.
* At 6 PM Saturday the stage was 24.2 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Maximum forecast stage of 25.0 feet on Sunday January 12.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* At 25.0 feet...Extensive crop land flooding is occurring, mainly between State Highway 30 and County Highway 46. Water is beginning to cover the unpaved portion of Union County Highway 47 near Mud Creek.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... UNION, MS
Instructions:
A followup Flood Statement will be issued when conditions warrant. For graphical river and flood information...please go to www.weather.gov and click near Memphis on the map, then select Rivers and Lakes. Do not drive through flooded areas...turn around don't drown. Stay tuned to your weather radio and your local news media for the latest river information.
Address/Location
City of Oxford, MS
107 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-232-8073
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OXFORDMS followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Warning