FFWMEG

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Benton County in Tennessee...
Carroll County in Tennessee...
Chester County in Tennessee...
Decatur County in Tennessee...
Hardeman County in Tennessee...
Hardin County in Tennessee...
Henderson County in Tennessee...
Central Henry County in Tennessee...
McNairy County in Tennessee...
Eastern Madison County in Tennessee...

* Until 1015 PM CDT Thursday.

* At 410 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Jackson, Paris, Lexington, Savannah, Henderson, Bolivar, Selmer,
Huntingdon, Natchez Trace State Forest, Natchez Trace State Park,
Chickasaw State Park, Chickasaw State Forest, Pickwick Landing
State Park, Big Hill Pond State Park, Parsons, Adamsville,
Bruceton, Decaturville, Sardis and Silerton.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 107 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN EAST ARKANSAS

CRITTENDEN            LEE                   PHILLIPS

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES

IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI

ALCORN                BENTON                CALHOUN
COAHOMA               DESOTO                LAFAYETTE
LEE                   MARSHALL              PANOLA
PONTOTOC              PRENTISS              QUITMAN
TALLAHATCHIE          TATE                  TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO            TUNICA                UNION
YALOBUSHA

IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

IN WEST TENNESSEE

BENTON                CARROLL               CHESTER
DECATUR               FAYETTE               HARDEMAN
HARDIN                HAYWOOD               HENDERSON
MADISON               MCNAIRY               SHELBY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE,
BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN,
CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH,
DECATURVILLE, GERMANTOWN, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HENDERSON,
HOLLY SPRINGS, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA,
MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OLIVE BRANCH,
OXFORD, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER,
SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO, WATER VALLEY,
AND WEST MEMPHIS.

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall will compound the flash flooding
threat today through early Sunday morning. Rainfall totals will
approach 12 to 15 inches for areas north of I-40 through Sunday with
5 to 10 inches to the south.

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

* WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, including the following areas,
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett
and St. Francis, Southeast Missouri, including the following
areas, Dunklin and Pemiscot, and West Tennessee, including the
following areas, Benton TN, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson,
Haywood, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion, Shelby, Tipton
and Weakley.

* WHEN...Through Sunday 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. Extensive street
flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.

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

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.