Flood warnings issued as heavy rain falls across South MS. Here are the details
1 p.m.: The National Weather service has issued a flood warning for Harrison County. Along the Biloxi Rive, including Wortham and Lyman, moderate flooding is forecast. Forecasters say that at 16 feet, major flooding will occur in Retreat and Riverland Village Subdivisions. Homes on lower Fisherman Trail will remain flooded and lower River Road will be impassable
12:30 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Jackson County. Minor flooding is forecast on the Pascagoula River at Graham Ferry, forecasters say. The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16 feet Saturday evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening.
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With a train of thunderstorms moving through, the National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings for Northeastern Hancock, East Central Pearl River and Stone counties in South Mississippi.
The NWS says between 1 to 3.5 inches of rain has fallen, with an additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Rains will produce “flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas,” the NWS says.
Waterspouts also are expected over lakes and protected sounds.
A flash-flood warning runs until 2 p.m. for northeastern Hancock, east central Pearl River and Stone counties. The flash-flood warning in central Pearl River County ends at 1:30 p.m., the NWS says.
The warnings follow days of heavy rain that also flooded rivers in South Mississippi.
This story was originally published May 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM.
