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...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE... .A COUPLE OF STALLED FRONTS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...BENTON...COAHOMA...DESOTO...MARSHALL... PANOLA...QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE...TATE AND TUNICA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PEMISCOT. IN WEST TENNESSEE...CARROLL... CROCKETT...DYER...FAYETTE...GIBSON...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD... HENRY...LAKE...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...OBION...SHELBY...TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.

* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON COULD RANGE BETWEEN SEVEN TO TEN INCHES.

* A LACK OF VEGETATION AND MOIST SOILS ACROSS THE REGION MAY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS AND RUNOFF...COULD LEAD TO RIVER FLOODING PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WOLF...COLDWATER...NORTH FORKED DEER...AND OBION RIVER BASINS AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS DURING THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL DITCHES...CREEKS...AND STREAMS COULD FILL QUICKLY. IF DRIVING AND YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CARROLL ... CROCKETT ... DYER ... FAYETTE ... GIBSON ... HARDEMAN ... HAYWOOD ... HENRY ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE ... MADISON ... OBION ... SHELBY ... TIPTON ... WEAKLEY

Instructions:

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.