Full Notification

The Flood Warning continues for the L'anguille River...Mississippi River...North Fork Forked Deer River...Obion River...Right Hand Chute Little River...Saint Francis River. The Flood Warning continues for the Mississippi River at Caruthersville

* until Saturday March 02.

* At 11 AM Thursday the stage was 35.7 feet.

* Minor flooding is occurring AND Minor flooding is forecast.

* Maximum forecast stage of 39.5 feet on Monday February 18.

* Flood stage is 32.0 feet.

* The river rose above flood stage Sunday February 10 and will continue rising to near 39.5 feet by Monday February 18. The river will fall below flood stage Saturday March 02.

* At 40.0 feet...In Tennessee, Highway 88 is flooded at many places. Backwater coming up the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers has flooded most unprotected land in Western Dyer County and the north bottom of Lauderdale County. Backwater has reached Miston, Finley, and Four Points. Backwater has mearly reached Lennox, Richmond Road, and Paw Paw Ridge. Parker Road in Lake County is flooded. In Arkansas, road to the grain terminal east Blytheville is flooded. Fields inside the levee are flooded in Pemiscott County, Missouri.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LAUDERDALE, TN ... DYER, TN ... PEMISCOT, MO ... LAKE, TN ... MISSISSIPPI, AR

Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A followup Flood Statement will be issued this evening or sooner if conditions warrant. For graphical river and flood information...please go to www.weather.gov and click near Memphis on the map, then select Rivers and Lakes. Do not drive through flooded areas...turn around don't drown. Stay tuned to your weather radio and your local news media for the latest river information.