…The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Flood
Advisory for the following rivers in Tennessee…Missouri…
Arkansas…
Mississippi River at Caruthersville
…The Flood Advisory continues for the following rivers in
Tennessee…Mississippi…Arkansas…Missouri…
Mississippi River at Memphis
Mississippi River at Tunica Mhoon Landing
Mississippi River Above Tiptonville
For the Lower Mississippi River…including Tiptonville,
Caruthersville, Osceola, Memphis, Tunica Mhoon Landing, Helena…
elevated river levels are forecast.
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Caruthersville.
* WHEN…From this afternoon to Monday evening.
* IMPACTS…At 31.0 feet, In Missouri, road and field flooding is
widespread at Cottonwood Point. Access roads off Arkansas Road 362
are flooding. In Tennessee, the grain shipping facility south of
Heloise is mostly underwater. Dee Webb Road, Watkins Road, and
Brady Ridge Road are flooding. Barr Road north of the Wardlows
Pocket Area is beginning to flood.
At 32.0 feet, In Arkansas, docks of the steel mill near Hickman
are flooding. In Tennessee, Mississippi River overbank flooding is
occurring across Highway 88 just north of Dee Webb Road. Extensive
amounts of Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge are flooded. Sloughs
at the west end of Barr Road are beginning to back up into fields.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 12:00 PM CST Thursday the stage was 32.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to continue falling.
– Action stage is 29.0 feet.
– Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood