A large area of rain with embedded thunderstorms...will continue to move northeast across the midsouth this afternoon. Through 5 PM CST...heavy downpours associated with the thunderstorms can easily produce an inch of rain in a half of an hour. This will certainly cause ponding of water on the roadways...with small creeks and streams filling rapidly. In addition...there will be multiple cells training over the same locations...allowing for widespread areas of one to three inches of rain across the region.
Forecast for Poinsett
Updated: 11:56 am CST on December 8, 2009
This Afternoon
Breezy. Rain and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Windy. Showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to near 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Wednesday
Windy. Partly sunny in the morning...then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to near 35 mph.
A 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 40.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow. Lows in the lower 30s.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain or snow in the morning...then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Monday
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s.
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued an
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Clay County in eastern Arkansas... Craighead County in eastern Arkansas... Cross County in eastern Arkansas... Greene County in eastern Arkansas... Lawrence County in eastern Arkansas... Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas... Randolph County in eastern Arkansas... Dunklin County in southeast Missouri...
* until 430 PM CST
* at 137 PM CST National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated heavy rain over the advisory area. National Weather Service Doppler radar estimates that 1 inch of rainfall has occurred over the past 2 hours. Showers and thunderstorms will produce an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain over the next 2 hours.
Locations affected by the Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory include Bay... Black Rock... Bono... Brookland... Campbell and Caraway.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
.To report flooding... Have the nearest law enforcement agency relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office.