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Rain, but some areas will see several inches of rain. if it doesn't cause another second crest, it's certainly going to prolong this flooding event, not what anybody wants to hear. >> shepard: no, nobody wants that. rick reichmuth live for us this afternoon. rick, thank you very much. if you tuned in late, i'm teaching a class at ole miss for a couple weeks during an intercession after graduation before the summer session starts. just south of here about 2, 2 1/2 hours, south and west, i guess, is the town of greenville, mississippi, where officials say the mississippi will crest tomorrow. jon...

Natchez, one of the hardest hit areas, will not crest until the 21st of may and we have already broken the record for the flood crest there. and, the record was 58 feet last -- in 1937 and we are past that and, expected to crest about 4 to 5 feet above that record, as we head into the 21st of may and we have a while to go and we have a storm we are tracking currently, exiting the intermountain west and will produce severe weather along the center of the nation and the same storm is going to crease eastward and will bring severe weather to the mississippi river, and, memphis, tennessee, and for...

>> 1937, we would be standing with water over my head. we had to get an out board motor boat, way back up the road, in order to get this far, to grow out to my dad's farm. >> reporter: but, for the several generations born after the 1937 flood, this is the worst they've ever seen, bill? bill: and won't be forgotten, soon, jonathan serrie, thank you. heather. heather: maria molina is tracking the flooding from the fox news weather center. >> it is going from bad to worse, all the floodwater continues flowing downstream the mississippi river and we saw the river crest in memphis, yesterday, just...

Like this since 1937. in that part of the country they talk about 1937 like it were yesterday. make arkansas is getting bad there, too. they are dealing with the damage, some getting up to a foot of water inside their homes. meanwhile that mighty miss sparking another set of worries as people wait for the water to crest. >> we just got back to the house 8 months ago from the last flow. all of this was brand-new. you know it's going to happen again next time it rains hard. bill: they say later today in memphis it will crest, somewhere around 47 1/2 to 48 feet. it's so deep, even for the hi rive...

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 ...