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