⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Clay; Greene; Craighead; Dunklin – Thursday, August 20, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 1:11AM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Details

At 111 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lafe, or 11 miles west of Marmaduke, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Paragould, Kennett, Rector, Senath, Marmaduke, Crowleys Ridge State
Park, Oak Grove Heights, Cardwell, Lafe, Knobel, O’Kean, Peach
Orchard, Delaplaine, Evening Star, Walcott, Beech Grove, Heubner,
Stonewall, Schug, and Tipperary.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
eastern Arkansas…and southeastern Missouri.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.