This just in from the NWS:
National Weather Service Radio Transcript by The Weather Channel.com wrote:
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-
HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...
PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...
MILLINGTON
313 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND WEST TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST
ARKANSAS...CLAY...CRAIGHEAD...CRITTENDEN...CROSS...GREENE...
LAWRENCE...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT...RANDOLPH AND ST. FRANCIS.
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. IN WEST
TENNESSEE...CARROLL...CROCKETT...DYER...GIBSON...HAYWOOD...
HENRY...LAKE...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...OBION...SHELBY...TIPTON
AND WEAKLEY.
* THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER
THE WATCH AREA.
* SOME RIVERS ARE ALREADY NEAR FLOOD STAGE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH.
THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE UPCOMING RAIN
EVENT MAY LEAD TO RIVER FLOODING ESPECIALLY FROM NORTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO PARTS OF WEST
TENNESSEE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DITCHES IS LIKELY.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Battern down the hatches....
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