FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

From the NWS:

234 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS…NORTH
  MISSISSIPPI…SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST TENNESSEE…
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN EAST ARKANSAS…CLAY…
  CRAIGHEAD…CRITTENDEN…CROSS…GREENE…LAWRENCE…LEE…
  MISSISSIPPI…POINSETT…RANDOLPH AND ST. FRANCIS. IN NORTH
  MISSISSIPPI…DESOTO AND TUNICA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI…
  DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. IN WEST TENNESSEE…CARROLL…CHESTER…
  CROCKETT…DECATUR…DYER…FAYETTE…GIBSON…HARDEMAN…
  HAYWOOD…HENDERSON…HENRY…LAKE…LAUDERDALE…MADISON…
  OBION…SHELBY…TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A
  STRONG COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO
  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS…MISSOURI BOOTHEEL…AND WEST TENNESSEE AS
  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BY MONDAY
  NIGHT…THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE MIDSOUTH
  BRINGING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT
  HEAVY RAINS…THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL INCREASE.

* ALONG WITH THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT…RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO
  EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS…THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL…
  AND EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE. RIVER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED
  FOR THE LATEST CREST FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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KNS