{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.fb5a54e9165885651d8d8b436361ba6eab8096fd.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:07PM CDT until July 4 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.fb5a54e9165885651d8d8b436361ba6eab8096fd.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Memphis TN"},"word_count":303,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:07PM CDT until July 4 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Fayette, TN; Shelby, TN\n**Issued by:** NWS Memphis TN\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T15:07:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T15:07:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T18:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWMEG\n\nThe National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nWestern Fayette County in Tennessee...\nEastern Shelby County in Tennessee...\n\n* Until 615 PM CDT.\n\n* At 307 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of\nrain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1\nhour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in\nthe warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin\nshortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nBartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Cordova, Memphis, Lakeland,\nArlington, Somerville, Eads, Ellendale, Southeast Memphis, Warren,\nMacon, Oakland, Piperton, Gallaway, Rossville, Moscow, Williston\nand Braden.\n\nThis includes the following streams and drainages...\nHarrington Creek, Hebron Branch, Shaws Creek, Jones Creek, Crooked\nCreek, Treadville Creek, Johns Creek, Russell Creek, Little\nCypress Creek Canal, Johnsons Creek, Grissum Creek, Stafford\nCreek, Big Creek, Tenmile Creek, Wolf River, Beaver Creek, Cypress\nCreek, Watkins Creek, Alexander Creek, White Station Creek, Bluff\nCreek, Raner Creek, Hall Creek, Scotts Creek, Marys Creek, Cane\nCreek, Clear Creek, Laurel Creek Canal, Hurricane Creek, Teague\nBranch, Loosahatchie River, East Beaver Creek, Golden Creek,\nNonconnah Creek, Harrison Creek, Field Creek, Clay Branch, Wilder\nCreek, Big Muddy Creek, Hargis Creek, Fletcher Creek, Grays Creek\nand Black Bayou.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}