Flood Warning until 07:43PM Friday
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Little Tallahatchie Canal at Etta near New Albany.
* WHEN...From this evening to tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, County Road 47 near Mud Creek and Mill Creek has 6 to 12 inches of water over it. Several thousand acres of cropland are flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:00 PM CST Thursday the stage was 25.3 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:00 PM CST Thursday was 25.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.0 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 25.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 26.1 feet on 05/11/1970. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... UNION, MS
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:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Warning