| Event | Heat Advisory |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Marshall; Benton; Tippah; Alcorn; Tishomingo; Tunica; Tate; Prentiss; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Lafayette; Union; Pontotoc; Lee; Itawamba; Tallahatchie; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Monroe; Lake; Obion; Weakley; Henry; Dyer; Gibson; Carroll; Benton; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Madison; Chester; Henderson; Decatur; Shelby; Fayette; Hardeman; McNairy; Hardin |
| Effective | 9/17/2026, 1:20:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 9/17/2026, 1:30:00 PM CDT |
Heat Advisory issued September 17 at 1:20AM CDT until September 19 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Details
* WHAT…Heat index values up to 107.
* WHERE…Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast
Missouri, and West Tennessee.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.
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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