AREAS AFFECTED : MISSISSIPPI, AR; LAUDERDALE, TN; TIPTON, TN
...The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Flood
Advisory for the following rivers in Arkansas...Tennessee...
Mississippi River at Osceola
For the Lower Mississippi River...including Osceola...elevated river
levels are forecast.
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Mississippi River at Osceola.
* WHEN...From this morning to Wednesday evening.
* 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 6:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 27.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 6.7 feet Monday,
May 19.
- Action stage is 24.0 feet.
- Flood stage is 28.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood