MEMPHIS, Tenn. — River levels and flooding continue to be a concern, even causing a local park to be completely shut down on Wednesday.

Green Belt Park is now closed to the public due to high water.

The Shelby County Office of Preparedness gave an update on the flooding Wednesday and what they expect to happen going into the weekend.

But while some with the city and county are working to deal with existing problems, others are getting prepared to react in case the flooding is worse than expected.

Ruby Johnson is from Holly Springs, and her home was damaged in the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the area last month.

“I got water damage. We got a lot of water damage and wind.”

But instead of asking for help, she decided to help others.

She joined up, unofficially, with Red Cross volunteers there, and Wednesday, signed up as an official volunteer to help with flooding concerns in western Tennessee.

“Everybody should come together,” she said. “This is something people need to do for our community and not only our community, but everybody else’s communities.”

The Shelby County Office of Preparedness and Assistant Commissioner David Purkey with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security held an update Wednesday talking about the current flood levels.

“We look to our western counties along our western border as indicators of what might be coming,” Purkey said.

Right now, the county is operating on a Level 3, which is partial activation.

“Mud Island is a concern, President’s Island, areas of Benjastown, there are some homes out there that are potentially landlocked,” Dale Lane with the Shelby County Office of Preparedness explained.

No homes have flooded yet, and although the county doubts they will be needed, a plan for opening shelters and a processing center is in place.

“We’re breathing a sigh of relief today. We’ve got about three or four more days to go to see how these crests turn out,” Purkey said.

Officials are not expecting those crests to rival the level in 2011, which was around 48 feet.

The crest in Memphis is expected to hit just over 40 feet.

Regardless, Lane said we must be prepared.

“We have to remember that we deal with predictions, and sometimes predictions are not exactly correct.”

The Office of Preparedness said Green Belt Park will remain closed until water levels go down.

If you are interested in volunteering with the Red Cross, call (901) 672-6370.

There will be another volunteer informational event this Saturday at the Red Cross’s Memphis office from 9 a.m. until noon.