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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 11, 2026Covington County, Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2026, 7:02 AM CST for Covington County, Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2026, 7:02 AM CST (13:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2026, 8:31 AM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Bouie Creek near Hattiesburg (HBGM6). The gauge peaked at 19.57 ft at Jan 11, 2026, 3:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02472500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 10, 5:47 PM CST, 13 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 5:47 PM CST, 13 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 9:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.