Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN

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Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1137 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

...The Flood Advisory is extended for the following rivers in
Missouri...Arkansas...Tennessee...Mississippi...

  Mississippi River at Caruthersville

  Mississippi River at Tunica Mhoon Landing

  Mississippi River Above Tiptonville

  Mississippi River at Osceola

For the Lower Mississippi River...including Tiptonville,
Caruthersville, Osceola, Memphis, Tunica Mhoon Landing, Helena...
elevated river levels are forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/memphis.

The next statement will be issued as needed.

&&

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1137 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 22...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Caruthersville.

* WHEN...Until Wednesday, May 22.

* IMPACTS...At 31.0 feet, In Missouri, road and field flooding is
  widespread at Cottonwood Point. Access roads off Arkansas Road 362
  are flooding. In Tennessee, the grain shipping facility south of
  Heloise is mostly underwater. Dee Webb Road, Watkins Road, and
  Brady Ridge Road are flooding. Barr Road north of the Wardlows
  Pocket Area is beginning to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 31.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 14.6 feet
    Wednesday, June 05.
  - Action stage is 29.0 feet.
  - Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3623 8977 3623 8948 3606 8950 3595 8948
      3582 8956 3582 8985


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1137 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Tunica Mhoon Landing.

* WHEN...Until Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, The south evacuation road from Whiskey and
  Bordeaux Islands is going underwater. In Mississippi, roads to
  Bordeaux Point area are beginning to flood. Campsites on the south
  side of Flower Lake are being covered.  Parts of the road to
  Stubb`s Island are flooded. In Arkansas, the lowest access road to
  fields inside the Arkansas Levee south of Horseshoe Lake is
  flooded. The evacuation road from Peters Island is covered.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 26.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 27.0
    feet tomorrow morning.
  - Action stage is 27.0 feet.
  - Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3491 9062 3491 9022 3480 9034 3450 9051
      3455 9059 3476 9074


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1137 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Mississippi River above Tiptonville.

* WHEN...Until Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 34.0 feet, Fields are flooding east of Point
  Pleasant, Missouri.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 34.4 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 34.5
    feet this afternoon.
  - Action stage is 34.0 feet.
  - Flood stage is 37.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3650 8957 3650 8938 3623 8948 3623 8977


$$

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1137 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 23...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Osceola.

* WHEN...Until Thursday, May 23.

* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, In Arkansas, high water interferes with
  grain barge loading at the terminal at Osceola. Backwater is
  touching most of the levee just north of Osceola on north past
  Mississippi County Arkansas Road 330 in the Barfield Point
  vicinity. Mississippi County Arkansas Road 430 is flooded across
  from Tellier Island. In Tennessee, Crutcher Lake Road is flooded
  north of Cold Creek. The Mississippi River is over its banks
  northeast of Open Lake. Backwater has reached Bee Lake.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 26.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 8.6 feet
    Wednesday, June 05.
  - Action stage is 24.0 feet.
  - Flood stage is 28.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3582 8996 3582 8956 3560 8979 3539 8995
      3539 9025


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JPR