FLASH FLOOD WATCH Posted from Thursday Afternoon Through Saturday Morning

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

…A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS TO PARTS
OF THE MIDSOUTH LATE THIS WEEK…

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY
NIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY NIGHT AND STALL.
THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

RICH MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF WILL INTERACT WITH
THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY…PRODUCING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST
SATURDAY MORNING. EVENTUALLY THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH…ENDING THE
HEAVY RAIN THREAT BY LATE SATURDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE
LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA…WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH…

* IN WEST TENNESSEE…CARROLL…CHESTER…CROCKETT…DYER…FAYETTE…GIBSON…
HARDEMAN…HAYWOOD…HENDERSON…HENRY…LAKE…LAUDERDALE…MADISON…OBION…SHELBY…TIPTON AND WEAKLEY.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR
THURSDAY NIGHT AND STALL OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKANSAS
THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. A RICH FEED OF MOISTURE FROM
THE GULF WILL INTERACT WITH THIS FRONT TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

* STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES…
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LOCALLY
HIGHER TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.