This is from the 2008 flooding at our deer camp in Valley Park, MS. This is our entrance road, marked with the red gate posts on either side.
Today, unfortunately, another record has been broken in terms of this historic, catastrophic flooding caused by the MS River swelling miles beyond its banks. At 3:00PM this afternoon, the National Weather Service at Jackson was reporting a river stage of 56.4'- which breaks the 1927 record at 56.2'. Keep in mind flood stage sits at 43'. The river at Vicksburg will finally crest sometime in the next week, but don't expect the water to drain out overnight- it's going to be a long recovery process.
The flooding is so bad, several road closures to major thoroughfares in the western part of the state have had to be issued. You can get a complete list of those by visiting MDOT's website here: MS ROAD CLOSURES
We have a deercamp in Valley Park, MS, which is about 25 miles north of Vicksburg just off of HWY 61. I am about to travel that direction in order to get a closer look. I will try to get some pictures while I am out.
Elsewhere in the state, expect a pretty gloomy day tomorrow as clouds will move back into the area (no rain chance) but it will be unseasonably cool, highs may not even get into the 60s in some locales and it will be pretty windy. Expect a slow moderation of temps into the 80s by the end of the week into the weekend, and the sun will return for Tuesday, and stick with us until our next rain chance arrives late in the week into the weekend. Stay tuned for more updates and follow me on twitter @weather_Jake
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