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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1128 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

WATER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED TO RISE ON THE COLDWATER RIVER AT MARKS...FALL ON THE COLDWATER RIVER NEAR SARAH...RISE ON THE HATCHIE RIVER...HOLD STEADY ON THE L`ANGUILLE RIVER...RISE ON THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE CANAL...FALL ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...NORTH FORK FORKED DEER RIVER...S.F. FORKED DEER
RIVER.

AT 11 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CARUTHERSVILLE WAS 31.0 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET. AT 32.0 FEET...MOST UNPROTECTED FARMLAND IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS IS AFFECTED.

AT 10 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE L`ANGUILLE RIVER AT PALESTINE WAS
23.1 FEET AND STEADY. FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. AT 25.0 FEET...
FLOODING OF LARGE AREAS OF AGRICULTURE LAND ALONG THE RIVER IS
OCCURRING.

AT 11 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE NORTH FORK FORKED DEER RIVER AT
DYERSBURG WAS 15.2 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.

AT 11 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE S.F. FORKED DEER RIVER AT JACKSON
WAS 32.4 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 34.0 FEET. AT 32.0 FEET...
OVERBANK FLOODING IS BEGINNING IN LOW LYING LAND ALONG THE RIVER.

AT 10 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE HATCHIE RIVER NEAR BOLIVAR WAS
15.0 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. AT 18.0 FEET...LOW
LYING LAND NEAR THE RIVER IS FLOODING.

AT 11 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE HATCHIE RIVER AT RIALTO WAS 14.1
FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.

AT 10 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE COLDWATER RIVER NEAR SARAH WAS
17.6 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. AT 18.0 FEET...LOW
LYING FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.

AT 11 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE COLDWATER RIVER AT MARKS WAS 37.3
FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 39.0 FEET. AT 39.0 FEET...LOW LYING
FARM LAND IS FLOODED IN NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY.

AT 7 AM TUESDAY...THE STAGE ON THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE CANAL AT ETTA
WAS 22.4 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. AT 25.0 FEET...
EXTENSIVE CROPLAND FLOODING IS OCCURRING...MAINLY BETWEEN STATE
HIGHWAY 30 AND COUNTY HIGHWAY 46. WATER IS BEGINNING TO COVER THE
UNPAVED PORTION OF UNION COUNTY HIGHWAY 47 NEAR MUD CREEK.

THE NEXT RIVER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR GRAPHICAL RIVER AND FLOOD INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK NEAR MEMPHIS ON THE MAP. THEN SELECT RIVERS
AND LAKES AHPS UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST RIVER INFORMATION.

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