Weather forecast for 35.18,-89.89

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 122 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN EAST ARKANSAS

CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS
LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS
POINSETT ST. FRANCIS

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI

ALCORN BENTON COAHOMA
DESOTO LAFAYETTE MARSHALL
PANOLA PRENTISS QUITMAN
TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION
YALOBUSHA

IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES

IN WEST TENNESSEE

BENTON CARROLL CHESTER
CROCKETT DECATUR DYER
FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN
HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON
HENRY LAUDERDALE MADISON
MCNAIRY OBION SHELBY
TIPTON WEAKLEY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE,
BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, CAMDEN,
CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH,
COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY,
GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HENDERSON,
HOLLY SPRINGS, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, JONESBORO,
LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MARTIN, MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON,
NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARIS, PARSONS,
RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE,
SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, UNION CITY, WATER VALLEY, WEST MEMPHIS,
AND WYNNE.

FFWMEG

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Crittenden County in eastern Arkansas...
Northwestern Benton County in northeastern Mississippi...
DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northern Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northwestern Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northeastern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
Western Fayette County in Tennessee...
Shelby County in Tennessee...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 1140 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the Memphis metro area this morning, with
additional heavy rainfall expected later this morning. In addition
to minor street flooding throughout the city and nearby suburbs,
heavy rainfall has also led to nuisance flooding throughout
counties just across the state line in Northern Mississippi.
Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen and more heavy
rainfall will occur through the day today. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bartlett, Southaven, Collierville, Germantown, Olive Branch, West
Memphis, Horn Lake, Hernando, Cordova, T O Fuller State Park,
Memphis, Lamar, Lakeland, Arlington, Byhalia, Walls, Edmondson,
Horseshoe Lake, Anthonyville and Southeast Memphis.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Teague Branch, Raner Creek, Dawson Creek, Johnson Creek, Grissum
Creek, Harrison Creek, Horn Lake Creek, Tenmile Creek, Wilder
Creek, Camp Creek, Seven Mile Bayou, Wolf River, Coldwater River,
Sticky Creek, Clear Creek, Bluff Creek, Golden Creek, Clay Branch,
Fletcher Creek, Nonconnah Creek, Cypress Creek, Watkins Creek,
Loosahatchie River, Mississippi River, Early Grove Creek, Grays
Creek, Alexander Creek, Barrow Creek, Johnsons Creek, Stout Creek,
Workhouse Bayou, Pigeon Roost Creek, Hurricane Creek, Scotts
Creek, Black Bayou, Little Cypress Creek Canal, Hall Creek, Duck
Pond Bayou, Rock Creek, Russell Creek, Field Creek, Stafford
Creek, Marys Creek, Harrington Creek, Treadville Creek, Johns
Creek, Beartail Creek, Chubby Creek, Little Coldwater Creek,
Laurel Creek Canal, Hargis Creek, Red Banks Creek, Rocky Creek,
Shaws Creek, Cane Creek, Oppossum Creek, Lake Cormorant Bayou and
White Station Creek.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, including the following areas,
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett
and St. Francis, Southeast Missouri, including the following
areas, Dunklin and Pemiscot, and West Tennessee, including the
following areas, Benton TN, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson,
Haywood, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion, Shelby, Tipton
and Weakley.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Extensive street
flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Tennessee...

Wolf River near Rossville

Wolf River at Germantown

For the Wolf River...including Germantown, Rossville...Minor
flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.

* WHERE...Wolf River at Germantown.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Fields in Shelby Farms are flooded nearly
to Farm Road.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM CDT Friday the stage was 21.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fluctuate over the next several
days and is expected to eventually rise to 24.5 feet Sunday
morning.
- Flood stage is 20.5 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood