Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Memphis TN
949 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-020>024-
TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-251500-
/O.CON.KMEG.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-240527T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden-St.
Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall-Benton
MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma-Quitman-
Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba-Tallahatchie-
Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion-Weakley-Henry-Dyer-
Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton-Haywood-Crockett-
Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette-Hardeman-McNairy-
Hardin-
Including the cities of Martin, Harrisburg, Ashland, Senatobia,
Clarksdale, Savannah, Water Valley, Marks, Collierville, West
Memphis, Aberdeen, Milan, Dresden, Covington, Houston,
Blytheville, Jonesboro, Forrest City, Paris, Jackson, Parsons,
Union City, Marianna, Selmer, Ripley MS, Alamo, Lexington,
Millington, Southaven, Bruce, Okolona, Paragould, Oxford,
Henderson, Dyersburg, Camden, Iuka, Bolivar, Decaturville,
Germantown, Tupelo, Pontotoc, Booneville, Batesville, Oakland,
Wynne, Caruthersville, Olive Branch, Kennett, New Albany,
Coffeeville, Fulton, Humboldt, Memphis, Somerville, Holly
Springs, Charleston, Huntingdon, Ripley TN, Brownsville, Amory,
Calhoun City, Bartlett, Corning, Helena-West Helena, Piggott,
Tunica, Tiptonville, and Corinth
949 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, including the following areas,
  Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee AR, Mississippi,
  Phillips, Poinsett and St. Francis, North Mississippi, including
  the following areas, Alcorn, Benton MS, Calhoun, Chickasaw,
  Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee MS, Marshall, Monroe,
  Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah,
  Tishomingo, Tunica, Union and Yalobusha, Southeast Missouri,
  including the following areas, Dunklin and Pemiscot, and West
  Tennessee, including the following areas, Benton TN, Carroll,
  Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman,
  Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison,
  McNairy, Obion, Shelby, Tipton and Weakley.

* WHEN...Through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
  in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

&&

$$

SJM