⚠️ Heat Advisory – Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Tallahatchie; Lauderdale; Tipton; Shelby – Saturday, September 12, 2026

Heat Advisory issued September 12 at 11:50AM CDT until September 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Details

* WHAT…Heat index values up to 106 expected.

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

* WHEN…From 11 AM to 7 PM CDT Sunday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Additional Heat Advisory issuances are
expected into the middle of next week.

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.