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WWUS54 KMEG 160034
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
734 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
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ST. FRANCIS AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-CRITTENDEN AR-TIPTON TN-LAUDERDALE TN-
SHELBY TN-
734 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCIS...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN...CENTRAL TIPTON...SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE AND CENTRAL
SHELBY COUNTIES...
AT 734 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FT PILLOW TO NEAR MILLINGTON TO NEAR PINCKNEY, MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MEMPHIS, MARION, MILLINGTON, HUGHES, T O FULLER STATE PARK,
MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK, FORT PILLOW STATE PARK, MEMPHIS,
MUNFORD, EDMONDSON, SUNSET, ANTHONYVILLE, SIMSBORO, FRAYSER, FULTON,
PINCKNEY, DIXONVILLE, DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, FT PILLOW, AND TIPTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 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 12.
INTERSTATE 55 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ARKANSAS...NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
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.
LAT...LON 3565 8997 3568 8965 3530 8986 3500 9015
3499 9030 3496 9026 3490 9040 3491 9062
3529 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 259DEG 41KT 3565 8974 3531 8992 3496 9037
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
SJM
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