496
WWUS74 KMEG 160847
NPWMEG
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
347 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-007-008-
010>012-020>024-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-162000-
/O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0016.250816T1600Z-250817T0000Z/
CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST.
FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-
COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-
MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-
CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARIANNA, FORREST CITY, BRUCE, SENATOBIA,
AMORY, UNION CITY, COFFEEVILLE, HELENA-WEST HELENA, OKOLONA,
CORNING, JONESBORO, MARKS, ALAMO, WYNNE, RIPLEY TN, MARTIN,
KENNETT, WEST MEMPHIS, PIGGOTT, PARAGOULD, TUNICA, HUMBOLDT,
OAKLAND, CHARLESTON, WATER VALLEY, BLYTHEVILLE, MEMPHIS,
BATESVILLE, ABERDEEN, MILAN, OLIVE BRANCH, COLLIERVILLE,
TIPTONVILLE, MILLINGTON, CLARKSDALE, BROWNSVILLE, HARRISBURG,
DRESDEN, COVINGTON, BARTLETT, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, DYERSBURG,
CALHOUN CITY, GERMANTOWN, CARUTHERSVILLE, AND HOUSTON
347 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS, NORTH MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI, AND WEST TENNESSEE.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
AEH
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