⚠️ Heat Advisory – Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Tallahatchie; Lake; Obion; Weakley; Henry; Dyer; Gibson; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Shelby; Fayette – Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Event	Heat Advisory
Severity	Moderate
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Tallahatchie; Lake; Obion; Weakley; Henry; Dyer; Gibson; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Shelby; Fayette
Effective	9/1/2026, 10:43:00 AM CDT
Expires	9/1/2026, 8:30:00 PM CDT

Heat Advisory issued September 1 at 10:43AM CDT until September 5 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

* WHAT…For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 106
expected. For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 109
expected.

* WHERE…Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast
Missouri, and West Tennessee.

* WHEN…For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this evening.
For the second Heat Advisory, from 11 AM Wednesday to 8 PM CDT
Saturday.

* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

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.