bill karins. you said the storm is moving northward. is it still moving pretty slow, still dangerous here? it s still dangerous because it s moving slow enough to produce some epic amounts of rain. when it s heading in one direction, pretty much north, it s able to drag the rain over the same areas for multiple hours. that s where we get the flash flooding concerns. we do have some other issues, too. we do have a tornado warning just to the north here of the hattiesburg area in mississippi, so we could even get isolated tornadoes today. the fear all along was what s going to happen when we get a really heavy rain band sitting over the same areas? yesterday we were thinking somewhere around the baton rouge area could get that. instead, it has shifted further west than was expected, and so, the heavy rain band, instead of being over the top of baton rouge, is right over top of lafayette, louisiana, and they re in a pretty epic rain band with winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour, and th
that s pinpointing that band i was talking about towards lafayette. the possibility of 5 to 10 inches of rainfall in the next 24 hours in that band. and then tonight into tomorrow, the heavy rain shifts to the north, little rock to memphis to greenville. we still have the chance of getting around 3 to 6 inches of rainfall in that region. so, here s how it s going to play out. this is right now at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and then as we go throughout the day, the storm drifts up towards shreveport. there s that heavy band of rain still over the top of lafayette. so, that s 12 hours from now showing the possibilities of that heavy rainfall in areas of lafayette, northwards up here to the mississippi/louisiana border. that s why we still have the concern of significant flash flooding. then overnight and tomorrow morning we wake up, heavy rain from greenville, mississippi, to liver rock, possibly over towards memphis. so, we re not done yet. so far, so good for many reasons, but we ll wait
right along that lower mississippi river valley. that s where we are expecting the worst of the rain. we do have winds with this. winds on eugene island a buoy out there to the south of the south coast winds there well over hurricane force. then did you go out across areas towards mobile, gulf shores, very heavy rain band where the center of this rain is a lot of real estate is going to get a lot of rain and wind. rainfall totals some spots 10 to 20 inches. you notice the have and have notes of the rain is going to be extreme over a short amount of distance. go maybe 30 miles one direction maybe over a foot of rain. 30 miles another direction maybe end up with an inch or two of rain. very heavy at this point. looks likely to be to the west of new orleans. not ready to call new orleans safe from this yet but likely just to the west of new orleans is where the heaviest of that rain is going to be. guys? griff: rick, for the residents of baton rouge
counties from the heavy rain band affected areas. we are look at 10-12 inches of rain. we are planning on the higher amounts of rain. we look at those areas in southwest mississippi. unfortunately those are the same areas that were inundated with rain in february. we were concerned about the amount of rain coming into those areas. eric: you have an oversaturated land where the water has nowhere to go. you the deluge coming in from the gulf overnight. where does that water go and how are you able to handle it especially when you saw the devastation back with katrina. so one year in particular,
management and they are doing a great job locally executed and we are in a great position. molly: jeff byard, thank you very much. we wish that you and your team stay safe as this continues. thank you so much. molly: as florence moves inland, the carolina communities are still struggling with more than 30 inches of rain dumped by the storm. many areas are at risk for flooding and areas that have been damaged by high water in the past are particularly weak. rick leventhal joins us with the latest. reporter: we are hearing that this could be the most destructive flooding in the history of north carolina as we get socked with another heavy rain band.i want to she was happening. in this location your police officers here who traveled in from winston-salem, north carolina to help out. looked on the block right there, the road is completely underwater. they pulled some people out of a trailer at the other end. and some other homes and done this way you see the