…The Flood Advisory is extended for the following rivers in
Mississippi…Arkansas…
Mississippi River at Helena
For the Lower Mississippi River…including Helena…elevated river
levels are forecast.
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Helena.
* WHEN…Until Saturday, April 26.
* IMPACTS…At 45.0 feet, In Mississippi, road to houses by the
river at Robson Towhead and the settlement by Old River Chute is
flooded. Settlement just east of Sunflower Cutoff is flooding.
Businesses on the south end of Slackwater Harbor are flooding.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 12:00 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 40.1 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Monday afternoon to a crest of 45.0 feet Thursday,
April 17. It will then begin to fall slowly.
– Action stage is 40.0 feet.
– Flood stage is 44.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood