SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 259 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-210200-ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 259 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH... AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION IN A VERY MOIST AIRMASS. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH GENERAL RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALIZED HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST MONTH NO WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO SATURATE SOIL ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREES WITH ONLY A LITTLE WIND. PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS FROM FLOODING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT WHEN MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:16:48 +0000