MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County has issued an official flood warning for the Mississippi River starting this Saturday.
The National Weather Service said right now the river is at 27 feet, but it is expected to crest at 43.5 feet.
That is still much lower than the near-record level of just over 48 feet in 2011.
Tuesday, the Shelby County Office of Preparedness met with fire, police, the health department and National Weather service to look at the latest models.
While forecasters expect there to be some localized flooding, they don’t expect it to be nearly as bad in Memphis neighborhoods as in 2011.
The Shelby County Office of Preparedness said over the next several days it will continue to monitor the Mississippi and its tributaries and let residents know online about any possible flooding.
“The message today is to heed the information we are going to be putting out flood maps on our website so people can go we will try to get that out by the end of business tomorrow, and so we need to do is for the public to listen to pay attention to the information,” said Dale Lane.
Lane said many of the trailer parks in the northern part of the county hit hardest by the flooding more than four years ago are no longer there, and they don’t expect to have to shelter anyone displaced by flooding.
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Lane said dry weather over the next several days should also help the situation.
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