479  
WUUS54 KMEG 200557  
SVRMEG  
TNC005-079-200645-  
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0199.260820T0557Z-260820T0645Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1257 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...  
HENRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1256 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WRANGLERS CAMPGROUND TO NEAR PARIS  
LANDING STATE PARK TO NEAR PARIS, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PARIS, CAMDEN, PARIS LANDING STATE PARK, COTTAGE GROVE, ROUTON,  
SPRINGVILLE, PURYEAR, BIG SANDY, JONES MILL, OLD SPRINGVILLE,  
CROSSLAND, COMO, SUNNYSIDE, WHITLOCK, PORTER COURT, CONYERSVILLE,  
PINE HILL, HAIGLER RIDGE, MANLEYVILLE, AND FOUNDRY HILL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3623 8852 3650 8852 3650 8806  
3644 8806 3631 8795 3622 8795 3616 8792  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 282DEG 22KT 3664 8805 3650 8815 3634 8831  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
JAB  
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