Big Sunflower River at Sunflower, MS
River level and flood forecast · Sunflower County
Normal-1.1 ftas of Mon 2:30 PM
The river is 22.1 ft below flood stage (21 ft).
Forecast to hold near -1.1 ft through Sat, Oct 17, 7 AM.
Flow: 12 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 9:10 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 28 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 25 ft |
| Flood stage | 21 ft |
| Action stage | 20 ft |
| Record crest (March 18, 1973) | 28.37 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 28 ftWater is close to entering homes along the river. Significant acreage of farmland is flooded west of the river.
- 26 ftLow lying streets along the river in the city of Sunflower begin to flood. Moll Road, 3 miles northeast of Indianola, is impassable by car.
- 25 ftWater begins to cover a small section of Moll Road northeast of Indianola. Water begins to spread across farmland from Jones Bayou. Widespread agricultural flooding is a occurring in this area.
- 23 ftFarm roads to catfish ponds become inundated. Jeffcoat road west of river gage floods
- 21 ftField west of river begins to flood.
Highest crests on record
- 28.37 ft — March 18, 1973
- 28.3 ft — May 5, 1958
- 28.1 ft — May 2, 1991
- 28.04 ft — June 15, 2021
- 28 ft — February 24, 1991
Recent crests: 28.04 ft (June 15, 2021) · 25.25 ft (March 3, 2021) · 23.38 ft (April 23, 2020) · 22.9 ft (March 25, 2020) · 26.04 ft (February 14, 2020)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (SUNM6); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.