Flash Flood Watch in effect through Sunday morning
...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY EVENING AS LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOILS REMAIN VERY SATURATED ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF WEST TENNESSEE... EAST ARKANSAS...AND A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WEST TENNESSEE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CARROLL...HENRY AND WEAKLEY.
* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS.
* EXTREMELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHERE 4 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. NEARLY ALL PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BECOME RUNOFF... THEREFORE INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CARROLL ... HENRY ... WEAKLEY
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