Critical FLW Flood Warning — Fri Jan 9, 2026 9:21 PM

FLWMOB

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
804 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026

...The National Weather Service in Mobile AL has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Mississippi...

  Chickasawhay At Leakesville affecting George and Greene Counties.

For the Chickasawhay River...including Waynesboro, Leakesville...
Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/mob. Click on
the Rivers and Lakes menu for forecasts and observations.




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MSC039-041-110215-
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/LEKM6.1.ER.260111T0848Z.260112T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
804 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Chickasawhay at Leakesville.

* WHEN...From late Saturday night until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Flooding of lowlands will occur.
  At 22.0 feet, Flooding of lowlands continues and some roads in low
  lying areas become cut off by high water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:15 PM CST Friday the stage was 7.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Sunday morning and continue rising to a crest of 22.5
    feet Monday morning.
  - Flood stage is 20.0 feet.


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LAT...LON 3143 8857 3143 8846 3108 8854 3098 8873
      3100 8875 3110 8858


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