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WGUS74 KMEG 030249
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
949 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
ARC035-077-107-123-MSC033-143-TNC033-045-047-053-075-097-131-157-167-
183-030515-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250403T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crittenden AR-Lee AR-Phillips AR-St. Francis AR-DeSoto MS-Tunica
MS-Crockett TN-Dyer TN-Fayette TN-Gibson TN-Haywood TN-Lauderdale
TN-Obion TN-Shelby TN-Tipton TN-Weakley TN-
949 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT THURSDAY
FOR CENTRAL CRITTENDEN, LEE, NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS, SOUTHEASTERN ST.
FRANCIS, NORTHWESTERN DESOTO, NORTHERN TUNICA, WESTERN CROCKETT,
EASTERN DYER, NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE, WESTERN GIBSON, NORTHWESTERN
HAYWOOD, EASTERN LAUDERDALE, OBION, SHELBY, TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN
WEAKLEY COUNTIES...
At 949 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring along multiple locations
within the flash flood warning. Specifically, reports have been
received in Northwest Memphis where water is covering multiple lanes
on Interstate 40 eastbound before the Watkins exit. Water has also
been reported covering roadways west of Union City, Tennessee, as
well as Covington, Tennessee.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
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...
Bartlett, Southaven, West Memphis, Horn Lake, Dyersburg, Marion,
Martin, Union City, Millington, Covington, Ripley, Marianna,
Hughes, Marvell, Meeman Shelby Forest State Park, T O Fuller State
Park, Helena-West Helena, Memphis, Lakeland and Arlington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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LAT...LON 3568 8963 3617 8933 3651 8924 3650 8866
3584 8910 3523 8968 3433 9100 3447 9100
3447 9105 3472 9104
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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