NWS Mobile ALFA.W 0001May 28, 2026
Flood Warning: Stone, MS
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a flood warning for Stone in Mississippi, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 1st areal flood warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026. Mississippi had 44 flood warnings in May 2026, against 23 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Mississippi's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mobile AL
- Area
- Stone
- State
- Mississippi
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:56 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KMOB FA.W 0001
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Mississippi since 2008Every warning type in Mississippi
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Stone County in southeastern Mississippi... * WHEN...Until 400 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 155 PM CDT, Emergency management reported heavy rain in the warned area due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring. Between 3 and 7 inches of rain have fallen and several roads were flooded across Stone County MS. - Flooding impacts will continue as creeks and streams runoff and drain over the next couple of hours, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Wiggins, Perkinston, McHenry, Ten Mile, Perry, Big Level, Whites Crossing and Texas. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.