...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE BARRY WILL BRING AN
ELEVATED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL SLOWLY LIFT FROM LOUISIANA INTO
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHILE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT
INTO THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, WITH GREATEST HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD AND SLIGHTLY
EASTWARD ON MONDAY, AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY. DUE TO A
SLIGHT WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK OF BARRY, EVENT TOTAL
RAINFALL FORECASTS HAVE TRENDED DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY OVER THE EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER, WHILE
TRENDING UP SLIGHTLY OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE AREAL OUTLINE OF
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS UNCHANGED, DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
SHORT BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED TRAINING OF OF RAIN
BANDS ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN EAST ARKANSAS, PHILLIPS. IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI, CALHOUN, CHICKASAW, COAHOMA, LAFAYETTE, MONROE,
PANOLA, PONTOTOC, QUITMAN, TALLAHATCHIE, AND YALOBUSHA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL RANGING FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, TO 2 TO 4 INCHES EAST OF THE NATCHEZ
TRACE PARKWAY.

* FLASH FLOODING COULD LEAD TO LIVE THREATENING SITUATIONS FOR
MOTORISTS AND INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO LOW LYING AREAS OR
RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND RIVERS.

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.

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