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And hoping to relieve pressure on the spillways. 38 years since they last did it. interesting a lot of people who were there when they did it 1973. saw what happened the first time and then we will be able to talk to them now also. i want to point out a few things to go where the gauges are right now. memphis this crest. crest 47.87 feet. still at 46.61. only come down by a foot of water. flooding is ongoing. temps cool. a few showers there today. next gauge, greenville, they will be cresting on monday right below their record stage. temps into the 70s and 60 s over the next few days. bigger problems as you head farther downstream seeing crests much higher than anything they have ever seen in vicksburg 57. a. a foot over where they have ever been. go down to the naches area a crest about 6 feet higher than their all time record in 1927. that s why there is concern ....
Major flood stage right now in memphis. it s topping. it s just about where it s as high as it s going to get. two or three inches one way or the other, but it s not going to come down for four days. vicksburg this is only from memphis to vicksburg. how long can that take you? it s going to take nine more days for that water in vicksburg to finally get to its top level. and look at it now. i know we show you this graphic, and you don t understand it. but here s record stage at 56 feet. and so we re now down here at major flood stage in this purple zone here at 52.5 feet going all the way up to major and then record and probably still going. so vicksburg, although very high on bluffs on both sides, you will be at record stage there. and this is going to be the case all the way up and down the river. we talk about this water going all the way down even into baton rouge and eventually new orleans. and they have opened the spillways and all that kind of stuff, especially, but we re sti ....
They hoped it wouldn t. now they see this water and they have to get out. the city is going to shut off electricity tonight. that means if you are evacuating, you have to do it now. people here better do it. because the water that you already see here is going to rise another 4 to 5 feet by the time this flooding event is done. and that is a week from friday. that also means this road you see up here and all state highways in and out of vicksburg are going to be over water and they are going to have to be closed any kind of preparations are being done now and the people of vicksburg are taking it seriously. shepard: rick reichmuth on scene earlier today in vicksburg. shay ryan in the extreme weather center. the worse is worse to come. what areas will get the hardest and when. naches is going to see one of the highest levels on its river above record stage. record stage is 58 feet. and right now it has been observed just slightly below that. and is expected in coming days to rise al ....
Dramatic spike we have had since saturday morning. this is well beyond major flood stage. we do think at this time it s going to stay below record stage, but if we get beyond 52 feet that mean as major part of downtown could be flooded. this includes lp field, some of the train stations and some of the big touristy spots in the downtown area. we re approaching 51 feet and think this will crest as we reach the afternoon hours today. let s show you the radar now. we re looking at a strong line of thunderstorms across southern parts of alabama into georgia. we could see rainfall here beyond an inch per hour. so we are expecting renewed flooding in these areas. two to four inches easy. isolated amounts, heavier than that. we have flood watches across 16 states and travel very hazardous, not just in the floodwater areas but also with rain up and down the eastern ....
Providence, rhode island, you are special here, you have set a record for the biggest rainfall ever in any month. so, incredible rain, and we re watching the priver at cranston and the pawtuxet is cresting at 20.76 feet, and is not expected to rise, over that and the flood stage, though, is at 9 feet and the record stage at 15 feet and this is way over record stage and the pawtuxes river crest, second only to the crest a couple of weeks ago, at 14.98 feet and these people are enough already! and, thankfully, martha and bill, we are going to have a nice drying-out period. the storm itself is really starting to dissipate, and we are starting to see things clear out of the northeast, and parts of new york city as well as towards upstate new york, ....