⚠️ 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; Carroll; Benton; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Madison; Chester; Henderson; Decatur; Shelby; Fayette; Hardeman – Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 9:59AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Details

* WHAT…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
Friday.

* 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.