| Event | Extreme Heat Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; Tunica; Coahoma; Quitman; Tallahatchie |
| Effective | 8/12/2026, 4:06:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/12/2026, 1:00:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Warning issued August 12 at 4:06AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 112
expected.
* WHERE…Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, and Southeast
Missouri.
* WHEN…From 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT Friday.
* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
Instructions
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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