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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Memphis, TN

May 18, 2025Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2025, 8:24 PM CDT for Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 18, 2025, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:13 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
813 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

ARZ035-048-190145-
St. Francis AR-Cross AR-
813 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS AND
WESTERN CROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT...

At 813 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fair Oaks, or 10 miles southwest of Wynne, moving northeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Wynne, Hydrick, Rosenbaum, Fitzgerald Crossing, Crow Creek,
Wittsburg, Village Creek State Park, Fair Oaks, Brushy Lake, McElroy,
Vanndale, Colt, Kinton, Fair Field, Ellis Chapel, Levesque, Hamlin,
L'angville, and Caldwell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3527 9104 3539 9078 3514 9063 3504 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 241DEG 24KT 3516 9096

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGShelby54 min
May 18, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby53 min
May 19, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy49 min
May 18, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto25 min
May 18, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate44 min
May 18, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall42 min
May 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union52 min
May 18, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall15 min
May 18, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo30 min
May 18, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGAlcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more77 min
May 18, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCross32 min
May 18, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden32 min
May 18, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis34 min
May 18, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis59 min
May 18, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden23 min
May 18, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis32 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.