RIVER STAGES – WARNINGS – ADVISORIES

MISSISSIPPI RIVER:

@ Cairo 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage 46.05 24 hr change: -.02 Flood Stage: 40

@ Arkansas City 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 31.41 24 hr change: +.67 Flood Stage: 37.0

@ Greenville 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 41.59 24 hr change: +.75 Flood Stage: 48.0

Flood Advisory in effect until Wednesday, March 24 (SEE MORE BELOW)

@ Vicksburg 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 37.48 24 hr change: +.55 Flood Stage: 43.0

Flood Advisory Until Wednesday, March 24. (See More Below)

@ Natchez 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 45.00 24 hr change: +.70 Flood Stage: 48.0

Flood Advisory is now in effect until Saturday, March 27 (SEE MORE BELOW)

YAZOO BACKWATER:

Big Sunflower @ Anguilla 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 42.31 24hr change -.55 Flood Stage: 45.0

Big Sunflower @ Holly Bluff 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 89.69 24hr change -.15 Flood Stage: 95.0

Steele Bayou L.S. 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 85.26 24hr change + .71

Steele Bayou R.S. 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 84.70 24hr change + .74

Miss. River @ Vicksburg (Elev) 3/9 @ 12:00 PM 83.71 24hr change + .55

Flood Advisory Until Wednesday, March 24. (See More Below)

YAZOO RIVER:

@ Greenwood 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 28.62 24hr change -.40 Flood Stage: 35.0

@ Belzoni 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 28.79 24hr change -.20 Flood Stage: 34.0

@ Yazoo City 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 27.82 24hr change +.09 Flood Stage: 29.0

@ Satartia 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 31.17 24 hr change: +.32 Flood Stage: 35.0

Wolf Lake 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage: 89.60 24 hr change: -.11

BIG BLACK RIVER

@ West 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage 8.57 24 hr change: -2.93 Flood Stage: 15

@ Bentonia 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage 21.48 24 hr change: +.15 Flood Stage: 22.0

@ Bovina 3/9 @ 12:00 PM Stage 24:41 24 hr change: -.02 Flood Stage: 28.0

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FROM NWS: The Flood Advisory continues for the Mississippi River Near Greenville.

* Until Wednesday, March 24. * At 10:00 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 41.7 feet. * Action stage is 36.0 feet. * Flood stage is 48.0 feet. * Forecast…The river is expected to rise to a crest of 45.0 feet on Wednesday, March 17. * Impact…At 45.0 feet, Lower Lake Ferguson Road is closed. Warfield Point Park is closed.

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FROM NWS: The Flood Advisory continues for

the Mississippi River At Vicksburg. * Until Wednesday, March 24. * At 10:00 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 37.5 feet. * Action stage is 35.0 feet. * Flood stage is 43.0 feet. * Forecast…The river is expected to rise to a crest of 40.5 feet on Thursday, March 18. * Impact…At 40.5 feet, Shady Lane Drive becomes impassable. Long Lake Road becomes impassable just north of Cypress Drive.

FROM NWS: The Flood Advisory continues for the Mississippi River At Natchez. * Until Saturday, March 27. * At 9:00 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 45.0 feet. * Action stage is 38.0 feet. * Flood stage is 48.0 feet. * Forecast…The river is expected to rise to a crest of 47.5 feet on Wednesday, March 17. * Impact…At 47.0 feet, Water begins to enter the former Belwood Golf Course and Carthage Point Road area south of Natchez.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood

deaths occur in vehicles.