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WWUS54 KMEG 200701
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
201 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
ARC021-093-MOC069-155-TNC045-095-097-131-200745-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-260820T0745Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-CLAY AR-PEMISCOT MO-DUNKLIN MO-DYER TN-OBION TN-
LAUDERDALE TN-LAKE TN-
201 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...PEMISCOT...
SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN...WESTERN DYER...SOUTHWESTERN OBION...
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES...
AT 201 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 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 9018 3637 9011 3628 8937 3584 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 283DEG 35KT 3612 8992
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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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