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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
158 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
WESTERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN OBION COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.
* AT 158 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERING, OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF STEELE, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
DYERSBURG, KENNETT, CARUTHERSVILLE, HAYTI, STEELE, SENATH, HALLS,
RIDGELY, HORNERSVILLE, HAYTI HEIGHTS, COOTER, BOLTON, DEERING,
BRADLEYTOWN, HELOISE, UNIONVILLE, MISTON, COTTONWOOD GROVE, GATES,
AND HOLLAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 72.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 55 IN TENNESSEE NEAR MILE MARKER 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3606 9019 3637 9011 3628 8937 3584 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 283DEG 35KT 3613 8996
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
AEH
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