501
WWUS84 KMEG 112328
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
628 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
ARZ036-048-049-MSZ001-007-008-TNZ088-120000-
ST. FRANCIS AR-LEE AR-CRITTENDEN AR-TUNICA MS-DESOTO MS-TATE MS-
SHELBY TN-
628 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LEE
EASTERN ST.
FRANCIS...SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN...WESTERN DESOTO...NORTHERN TUNICA...
NORTHWESTERN TATE AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM
CDT...
AT 628 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HUGHES, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHAVEN, WEST MEMPHIS, HORN LAKE, MARION, HUGHES, T O FULLER STATE
PARK, MEMPHIS, WALLS, EDMONDSON, HORSESHOE LAKE, ANTHONYVILLE,
JENNETTE, LAKE CORMORANT, SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS, SIMSBORO, EUDORA,
BRICKEYS, PINCKNEY, LYNCHBURG, AND PHILLIPP.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 274, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 284.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
INTERSTATE 55 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3514 9059 3514 9050 3515 9050 3517 9003
3469 9008 3481 9072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 282DEG 34KT 3498 9051
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
DNM
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