FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
238 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

.A BOUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI INTO KENTUCKY THROUGH MONDAY. REPEATED ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ALONG THE FRONT BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL.
THEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ALONG IT INTO MISSOURI AND
PUSH THE FRONT FURTHER SOUTH TO ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SHIFT THE HEAVY RAIN AXIS
FURTHER SOUTH TO ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR.

A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ALONG THE NEWLY STALLED
BOUNDARY AND SET OFF ADDITIONAL TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE FINAL COLD FRONT WILL PASS
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE PERSISTENT HEAVY
RAINFALL.

[...]

238 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI
AND WEST TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST
ARKANSAS...CRAIGHEAD...CRITTENDEN...CROSS...
LEE...MISSISSIPPI...PHILLIPS...POINSETT AND ST. FRANCIS. IN
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...ALCORN...BENTON...COAHOMA...DESOTO..

LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL...PANOLA...PRENTISS...QUITMAN
..TATE...
TIPPAH...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA AND UNION. IN WEST TENNESSEE...
CARROLL...CHESTER...CROCKETT...DECATUR...DYER...FA
ETTE...
GIBSON...HARDEMAN...HARDIN...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON..
HENRY...
LAUDERDALE...MADISON...MCNAIRY...SHELBY...TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
NORTH OF I-40 WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-40. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS SUCH AS THESE MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD...
SIGNIFICANT...AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THIS EVENT
MAY BE AS SEVERE AS THE MAY 1-2 2010 FLOODING IN PLACES. FLASH
FLOODING OF CITIES...RURAL AREAS...RIVERS...AND SMALL STREAMS
ARE POSSIBLE.