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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1211 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
HENRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* AT 1210 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON TO NEAR LYNNVILLE TO 6
MILES NORTH OF LATHAM, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 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...
PARIS, PARIS LANDING STATE PARK, COTTAGE GROVE, LATHAM, ROUTON,
PALMERSVILLE, SPRINGVILLE, PURYEAR, BIG SANDY, HENRY, MANSFIELD,
JONES MILL, OLD SPRINGVILLE, CROSSLAND, COMO, BRUNDIGE, SUNNYSIDE,
WHITLOCK, PORTER COURT, AND CONYERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3627 8798 3615 8823 3615 8832 3647 8882
3650 8883 3650 8806 3644 8806 3631 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 295DEG 47KT 3678 8847 3661 8855 3651 8876
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
JAB
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