Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Cooler than today.
Nowcast as of 3:02 PM CST on December 8, 2009
Now
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 Shelby
Updated: 3:48 PM CST on December 8, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect until midnight CST tonight...
Tonight
Windy. Showers and scattered thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to near 35 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Wednesday
Breezy. Partly sunny in the morning...then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to near 30 mph.
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... northwestern DeSoto County in northwest Mississippi... northern Fayette County in southwest Tennessee... southern Haywood County in southwest Tennessee... Shelby County in southwest Tennessee... southeastern Tipton County in southwest Tennessee...
* until 600 PM CST
* at 405 PM CST... Doppler radar estimates 1 to 3 inches of rainfall has occurred over the past 6 hours. Showers and thunderstorms will produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next 2 hours.
* Locations in the warning include but are not limited to Horn Lake... Southaven... Bartlett... Brownsville... Germantown... Midtown Memphis and Cordova.
This warning also includes areas near Horn Lake and Robco Lake.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
.Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams... urban areas... highways... streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
.To report flooding... Have the nearest law enforcement agency relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office in Memphis.
... A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 530 PM CST for southeastern Shelby... Fayette... northern Quitman... Coahoma... northwestern Panola... Tate... Tunica... northern Marshall... DeSoto and southern Phillips counties...
At 336 PM CST... Doppler radar estimates 2 to 4 inches of rainfall has occurred over the past 6 hours. A spotter recently reported 3 inches of rain 1.5 miles south of Senatobia in Mississippi. Occasional showers and thunderstorms will produce an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain over the next 2 hours.
Locations in the warning include but are not limited to Elaine... Helena... West Helena... Clarksdale... Hernando... Olive Branch... Senatobia... Collierville... St Francis National Park and White River National Wildlife Refuge.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
.Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. If flash flooding is observed act quickly. Move up to higher ground to escape flood waters. Do not stay in areas subject to flooding when water begins rising.
.To report flooding... Have the nearest law enforcement agency relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office in Memphis.
... Flash Flood Watch in effect until midnight CST tonight...
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of north Mississippi and west Tennessee... including the following areas... in north Mississippi... Alcorn... Benton... Calhoun... Chickasaw... Coahoma... DeSoto... Itawamba... Lafayette... Lee... Marshall... Monroe... Panola... Pontotoc... Prentiss... Quitman... Tallahatchie... Tate... Tippah... Tishomingo... Tunica... Union and Yalobusha. In west Tennessee... Carroll... Chester... Crockett... Decatur... Dyer... Fayette... Gibson... Hardeman... Hardin... Haywood... Henderson... Henry... Lake... Lauderdale... Madison... McNairy... Obion... Shelby... Tipton and Weakley.
* Until midnight CST tonight
* heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms will continue into the evening hours.
* Flash flooding will be possible through the evening.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.
148 PM CST Tue Dec 8 2009
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued an
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Phillips County in eastern Arkansas... Coahoma County in northwest Mississippi... DeSoto County in northwest Mississippi... Marshall County in northwest Mississippi... northern Panola County in northwest Mississippi... Quitman County in northwest Mississippi... Tate County in northwest Mississippi... Tunica County in northwest Mississippi... Fayette County in southwest Tennessee... southern Shelby County in southwest Tennessee...
* until 445 PM CST
* at 148 PM CST National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated very heavy rain over the advisory area. Portions of this area have already received 1 to 2 inches earlier today. National Weather Service Doppler radar estimates that 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 Bartlett... Clarksdale... Collierville... Cordova... Elaine and Germantown.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
.To report flooding... Have the nearest law enforcement agency relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office.
Water overflowing from coulees and ditches onto the roadway at these locations... Walnut Grove and Rock Creek... Humphreys and Houston levee... and several locations on Macon Road... east of Pisgah. Passage through these areas becoming very dangerous.