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...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... .NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS...DYERSBURG TENNESSEE...AND PARIS TENNESSEE. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND RESULT IN HIGH RAINFALL RATES. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST ARKANSAS...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI AND POINSETT. IN WEST TENNESSEE...BENTON...CARROLL...CROCKETT...DYER...GIBSON... HENRY...LAUDERDALE AND WEAKLEY.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

* 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. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... CROCKETT ... DYER ... GIBSON ... HENRY ... LAUDERDALE ... 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.