Flash Flood Watch in effect from noon CDT Today through Monday afternoon
...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... .MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO COVER THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH THIS ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MORE OF THE MIDSOUTH IN LATER FORECASTS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST TENNESSEE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST ARKANSAS...CLAY... CRAIGHEAD...CRITTENDEN...CROSS...GREENE...LAWRENCE...LEE... MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT...RANDOLPH AND ST. FRANCIS. IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO AND TUNICA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. IN WEST TENNESSEE...BENTON...CARROLL... CHESTER...CROCKETT...DECATUR...DYER...FAYETTE...GIBSON... HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...HENRY...LAKE...LAUDERDALE... MADISON...OBION...SHELBY...TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.
* FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...LOCALLY MORE.
* HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINS IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG AREA CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE FLASH FLOODING.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... CHESTER ... CROCKETT ... DECATUR ... DYER ... FAYETTE ... GIBSON ... HARDEMAN ... HAYWOOD ... HENDERSON ... HENRY ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE ... MADISON ... OBION ... SHELBY ... TIPTON ... WEAKLEY
Instructions:
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Address/Location
Weakley County Emergency Management
Old 22
Weakley County, TN 38225
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-364-5454
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP WEAKLEY911 followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch