…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Arkansas…Mississippi…Tennessee…Missouri…
Mississippi River at Helena
Mississippi River at Memphis
Mississippi River at Tunica Mhoon Landing
Mississippi River Above Tiptonville
Mississippi River at Caruthersville
Mississippi River at Osceola
For the Lower Mississippi River…including Tiptonville,
Caruthersville, Osceola, Memphis, Tunica Mhoon Landing, Helena…
Major flooding is forecast.
* WHAT…Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Osceola.
* WHEN…Until Monday, April 28.
* IMPACTS…At 37.0 feet, In Tennessee, houses along the west part
of Grammer Road are flooding and evacuation is cut off. The south
end of Grainery Road is inundated. Homesteads along Highway 19
West just east of T. Rossinger Road are going underwater. Shoaf
Landing Road is flooding. Farmstead on Island 37 floods.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 36.7 feet.
– Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 8:00 PM CDT Saturday was 37.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Sunday, April 27.
– Flood stage is 28.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood