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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
921 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024

...The National Weather Service in Memphis TN has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Arkansas...Missouri...
Tennessee...

  Mississippi River at Caruthersville

For the Lower Mississippi River...including Caruthersville,
Osceola...Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/memphis.

The next statement will be issued as needed.

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ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-095-097-141430-
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/CRTM7.1.ER.240515T0000Z.240515T0000Z.240515T1200Z.NO/
921 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO THURSDAY
MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Caruthersville.

* WHEN...From Tuesday evening to Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 32.0 feet, In Arkansas, docks of the steel mill near
  Hickman are flooding. In Tennessee, Mississippi River overbank
  flooding is occurring across Highway 88 just north of Dee Webb
  Road. Extensive amounts of Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge are
  flooded. Sloughs at the west end of Barr Road are beginning to
  back up into fields.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 30.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 32.0
    feet Tuesday evening. It will then fall below flood stage
    Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3623 8977 3623 8948 3606 8950 3595 8948
      3582 8956 3582 8985


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CJC