Flash Flood Watch in effect through Monday morning
...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. .SHOWERS WILL END TONIGHT AS ONE OF TWO DISTURBANCES LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. A SECOND DISTURBANCE SEEN IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS IT TO TRACKS TOWARDS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. FOR THIS REASON THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...PHILLIPS...POINSETT... RANDOLPH AND ST. FRANCIS. IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...BENTON... COAHOMA...DESOTO...LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL...PANOLA...QUITMAN... TALLAHATCHIE...TATE...TUNICA AND YALOBUSHA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. IN WEST TENNESSEE...CARROLL... CROCKETT...DYER...FAYETTE...GIBSON...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD... HENRY...LAKE...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...OBION...SHELBY...TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.
* THROUGH MONDAY 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 ... CROCKETT ... DYER ... FAYETTE ... GIBSON ... HARDEMAN ... HAYWOOD ... HENRY ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE ... MADISON ... OBION ... SHELBY ... TIPTON ... 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