THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 36 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN EAST ARKANSAS

CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN
CROSS GREENE LEE
MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT
ST. FRANCIS

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES

IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI

ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO
ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE
MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA
PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN
TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION
YALOBUSHA

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

DUNKLIN PEMISCOT

IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES

IN WEST TENNESSEE

BENTON CARROLL CHESTER
CROCKETT DECATUR DYER
FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN
HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON
HENRY LAKE LAUDERDALE
MADISON MCNAIRY OBION
SHELBY TIPTON WEAKLEY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALAMO, AMORY, ASHLAND,
BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE,
BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN, CARUTHERSVILLE,
CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH,
CORNING, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG,
FORREST CITY, FULTON, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA-WEST HELENA,
HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA,
JACKSON, JONESBORO, KENNETT, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MARTIN,
MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA,
OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARAGOULD, PARIS, PARSONS, PIGGOTT,
PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA,
SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TIPTONVILLE, TUNICA, TUPELO, UNION CITY,
WATER VALLEY, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT…

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Widespread rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches, with localized higher
amounts.

* WHERE…Portions of North Mississippi, including the following
areas, Alcorn, Benton MS, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette,
Lee MS, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union and
Yalobusha and West Tennessee, including the following areas,
Benton TN, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson,
Henry, Madison and McNairy.

* WHEN…From 7 AM Saturday morning through 1 AM Sunday.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Multiple rounds of training thunderstorms will result in
widespread rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches with isolated
higher amounts.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood