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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1156 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

  MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEMPHIS AFFECTING CRITTENDEN...DESOTO AND
  SHELBY COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE NEXT RIVER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TONIGHT OR SOONER IF 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.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.

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

&&

ARC035-MSC033-TNC157-231656-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FL.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-130524T1800Z/
/MEMT1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1156 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD ADVISORY IS EXTENDED FOR
  THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEMPHIS
* UNTIL FRIDAY MAY 24.
* AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL SLIGHTLY FALL TO NEAR 29.9 FEET WEDNESDAY MAY 22.
* AT 30.0 FEET...BOAT LANDING ON THE NORTH END OF MUD ISLAND AT THE
  MOUTH OF THE WOLF RIVER IS COVERED. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK SOUTH
  OF WEST MEMPHIS STARTS TO FLOOD. DACUS LAKE ROAD IS FLOODING NORTH
  AND SOUTH OF I-40. RIVER IS AGAINST THE TOE OF THE LEVEE FROM THE
  NORTH COUNTY LINE SOUTH TO NEAR SULCER ROAD. WATER IS ENCROACHING
  THE LEVEE NEAR THE SOUTH END OF ISLAND 40 CHUTE. CAMP NEAR MOUND
  CITY IS FLOODING. WATER IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD THE SETTLEMENT NEAR
  BLUE LAKE.

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