…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Arkansas…Missouri…Tennessee…
Mississippi River at Caruthersville
For the Lower Mississippi River…including Caruthersville…Minor
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Caruthersville.
* WHEN…Until Saturday, April 26.
* IMPACTS…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 nearly reached Lennox,
Richmond Road, and Paw Paw Ridge. Parker Road in Lake County is
flooded. In Arkansas, the road to the grain terminal east of
Blytheville is flooded. Fields inside the levee are flooded in
Pemiscot County, Missouri.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 12:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 39.7 feet.
– Forecast…The river will remain fairly steady through at
least the weekend. It will then begin to slowly fall early
next week and is expected to fall below flood stage Friday,
April 25.
– Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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