Flash Flood Watch Through Friday Evening

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT…UPDATED
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
850 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING…
…A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF WEST TENNESSEE…
…A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY FOR MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE…

* WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AND TIMING

TONIGHT – EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH.
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.  THE TIME FOR THE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY – EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH.

* AREAS AFFECTED

TONIGHT – RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE…WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN ELSEWHERE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH.  A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR WEST OF A TIPTONVILLE TO BOLIVAR LINE.

FRIDAY – ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST TENNESSEE AREA. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RIPLEY TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE.

WTWO/NWS

Excessive Rainfall and Severe Weather Risk Through Friday

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN

430 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS…

• WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AND TIMING

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE…WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN ELSEWHERE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH BY CLICKING HERE.

   

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  ISOLATED TORNADOS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

• AREAS AFFECTED

             A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  CARROLL…CROCKETT…DYER…GIBSON…HENRY…LAKE…LAUDERDALE…OBION AND WEAKLEY.

             A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

           

• DISCUSSION

  A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN TODAY IS EXPECTED FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH MIDSOUTH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH.

 NWS/WTWO/SPC