…The Flood Advisory is extended for the following rivers in
Arkansas…Missouri…Tennessee…
Mississippi River at Caruthersville
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 continues.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Caruthersville.
* WHEN…Until Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 29.0 feet, In Tennessee, the shipping operation south
of Heloise is being flooded. Chisholm Lake Road is flooded south
of Cocklebur Slough. Overbank flooding begins on low-lying farm
land along both banks of the Mississippi River and the Obion River
in northwest Tennessee. The Old Forked Deer river bed is beginning
to flood fields in the Hales Point Area south of Suggs Road. In
Arkansas, roads inside the levee south of Caruthersville, Missouri
are beginning to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 9:00 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 29.1 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to fall to 11.7 feet Sunday,
May 18.
– Action stage is 29.0 feet.
– Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood