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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
712 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 712 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARIE TO NEAR HAYNES, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MEMPHIS, FORREST CITY, MARION, MILLINGTON, MARKED TREE, EARLE,
LEPANTO, HUGHES, PARKIN, WILSON, MADISON, TYRONZA, VILLAGE CREEK
STATE PARK, T O FULLER STATE PARK, MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK,
FORT PILLOW STATE PARK, MEMPHIS, MUNFORD, JOINER, AND
CRAWFORDSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 239 AND 284.
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
INTERSTATE 240 NEAR MILE MARKER 30.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.
INTERSTATE 55 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
STORM SHELTER OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ARKANSAS...NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3564 9034 3568 8965 3530 8986 3500 9015
3499 9030 3496 9026 3490 9040 3492 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 259DEG 41KT 3562 9013 3493 9071
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
SJM
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