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River Flood Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 28, 2026Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2026, 12:24 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 29, 2026, 8:01 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2026, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2026, 8:01 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pascagoula River at Graham Ferry (PGFM6). The gauge peaked at 16.44 ft at May 31, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02479310, 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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 28, 5:36 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 5:36 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 7:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 7:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 7:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 min
May 28, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 min
May 28, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	64 min
May 28, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		28 min
May 28, 11:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
May 28, 11:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard	3 hr
May 28, 11:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard	82 min
May 28, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Pearl River	3 hr
May 28, 9:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	3 hr
May 28, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	57 hr
May 28, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	4 hr
May 28, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	47 hr
May 28, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	3 hr
May 28, 11:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	5 hr
May 28, 11:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	3 hr
May 28, 12:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	56 hr
May 28, 3:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jackson	3 hr
May 28, 3:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	3 hr
May 28, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	3 hr

Nearby

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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.