| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Clay, AR; Craighead, AR; Crittenden, AR; Cross, AR; Greene, AR; Lee, AR; Mississippi, AR; Phillips, AR; Poinsett, AR; St. Francis, AR; Dunklin, MO; Pemiscot, MO; Alcorn, MS; Benton, MS; Calhoun, MS; Chickasaw, MS; Coahoma, MS; DeSoto, MS; Lafayette, MS; Lee, MS; Marshall, MS; Panola, MS; Pontotoc, MS; Prentiss, MS; Quitman, MS; Tallahatchie, MS; Tate, MS; Tippah, MS; Tunica, MS; Union, MS; Yalobusha, MS; Chester, TN; Crockett, TN; Dyer, TN; Fayette, TN; Hardeman, TN; Haywood, TN; Lake, TN; Lauderdale, TN; McNairy, TN; Madison, TN; Shelby, TN; Tipton, TN |
| Effective | 8/22/2026, 2:14:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/22/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 22 at 2:14PM CDT until August 22 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
615 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES
IN EAST ARKANSAS
CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN
CROSS GREENE LEE
MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT
ST. FRANCIS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES
IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO
LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL
PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS
QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE
TIPPAH TUNICA UNION
YALOBUSHA
IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
DUNKLIN PEMISCOT
IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN WEST TENNESSEE
CHESTER CROCKETT DYER
FAYETTE HARDEMAN HAYWOOD
LAKE LAUDERDALE MADISON
MCNAIRY SHELBY TIPTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE,
BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE,
CALHOUN CITY, CARUTHERSVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE,
COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, CORNING, COVINGTON,
DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG,
HELENA-WEST HELENA, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, JACKSON,
JONESBORO, KENNETT, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON,
NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARAGOULD,
PIGGOTT, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SELMER, SENATOBIA,
SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TIPTONVILLE, TUNICA, TUPELO, WATER VALLEY,
WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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