THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ.
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 46.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 47.5 FEET FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 48.0 FEET...CARTHAGE POINT ROAD BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
* IMPACT...AT 47.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO ENTER THE FORMER BELWOOD
  GOLF COURSE AND CARTHAGE POINT ROAD AREA SOUTH OF NATCHEZ.
* IMPACT...AT 45.0 FEET...WATER UNDER SOME BUILDINGS AROUND FORT
  ADAMS, MISSISSIPPI.
* IMPACT...AT 44.0 FEET...SOME CAMPS AND MOST ACCESS ROADS FLOODED
  ALONG LAKE MARY.
* IMPACT...AT 43.0 FEET...WATER IS OVER THORNBURG LAKE ROAD IN THE
  AREA KNOWN AS ANNA`S BOTTOM NORTH OF NATCHEZ.  ALSO, LAKE MARY ROAD
  IS UNDER WATER.
* IMPACT...AT 38.0 FEET...LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER IN AREAS NOT
  PROTECTED BY LEVEES BEGIN TO FLOOD. SOME OF THESE AREAS CONTAIN OIL
  AND GAS WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, BUT ARE NOT AFFECTED
  UNTIL HIGHER STAGES.
              FLOOD    OBSERVED        FORECAST 7AM       CREST
LOCATION       STG   STG DAY  TIME   SUN   MON   TUE CREST DAY  TIME
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATCHEZ         48  46.9 SAT 11 AM  47.0  47.2  47.3  47.5 FRI 06 PM
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