| 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 | 8/31/2026, 12:07:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/31/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT |
Heat Advisory issued August 31 at 12:07PM CDT until September 1 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Details
* WHAT…For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 105.
For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 107 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 noon to 8 PM CDT Tuesday.
* 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.
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