⚠️ Extreme Heat Watch – Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Marshall; 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; McNairy; Hardin – Saturday, June 27, 2026

Extreme Heat Watch issued June 27 at 11:54AM CDT until July 2 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Details

* WHAT…For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 108
expected. For the Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions
with heat index values up to 110 possible.

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

* WHEN…For the Heat Advisory, from 11 AM Sunday to 11 AM CDT
Monday. For the Extreme Heat Watch, from Monday morning through
Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events. 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.