670  
WWUS74 KMEG 161551  
NPWMEG  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1051 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
MSZ002>006-009-013>017-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-170500-  
/O.EXB.KMEG.HT.Y.0016.250816T1600Z-250819T0100Z/  
MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-  
UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-HENRY-CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-  
CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, NEW ALBANY, PARSONS, CAMDEN,  
HUNTINGDON, PARIS, SAVANNAH, PONTOTOC, BOONEVILLE, OXFORD,  
TUPELO, DECATURVILLE, JACKSON, RIPLEY MS, HENDERSON, BOLIVAR,  
HOLLY SPRINGS, LEXINGTON, CORINTH, FULTON, IUKA, AND SELMER  
1051 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-007-008-  
010>012-020>024-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-170500-  
/O.EXT.KMEG.HT.Y.0016.250816T1600Z-250819T0100Z/  
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 BROWNSVILLE, CLARKSDALE, KENNETT,  
DRESDEN, CALHOUN CITY, HUMBOLDT, HOUSTON, CORNING, COFFEEVILLE,  
OAKLAND, TUNICA, CHARLESTON, WEST MEMPHIS, TIPTONVILLE, UNION  
CITY, COVINGTON, MARKS, HARRISBURG, WYNNE, JONESBORO, BARTLETT,  
SOUTHAVEN, SOMERVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, MEMPHIS, MARTIN, BRUCE,  
COLLIERVILLE, FORREST CITY, AMORY, OLIVE BRANCH, CARUTHERSVILLE,  
PARAGOULD, WATER VALLEY, HELENA-WEST HELENA, ABERDEEN, MILAN,  
DYERSBURG, OKOLONA, ALAMO, BATESVILLE, MILLINGTON, MARIANNA,  
PIGGOTT, RIPLEY TN, GERMANTOWN, AND SENATOBIA  
1051 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS, NORTH MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHEAST  
MISSOURI, AND WEST TENNESSEE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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