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Memphis, TN – Repeated rounds of heavy rain could push rivers toward flood stage along the Arkansas–Tennessee border beginning March 7, raising concerns for communities along the Mississippi River before St. Patrick’s Day.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center outlook issued February 27 and valid March 7-13, a broad swath of 60-70% probability for above normal precipitation stretches across the South-Central and East-Central U.S. A high risk, greater than 60%, for heavy precipitation is centered on the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys from March 7-10, placing eastern Arkansas and western Tennessee in a prime flood corridor…