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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 16, 202621 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this freeze warning at Mar 16, 2026, 2:55 AM CDT for 21 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2026, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2026, 11:08 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 53 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 536 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Mar 16, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 1:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 1:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 1:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 2:33 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 2:37 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 2:43 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	42 min
Mar 15, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	35 min
Mar 15, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 2 more	64 min
Mar 15, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and 1 more	60 min
Mar 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	49 min
Mar 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	McNairy	47 min
Mar 15, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	43 min
Mar 15, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	57 min
Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	53 min
Mar 15, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	64 min
Mar 15, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin	34 min
Mar 15, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	47 min
Mar 15, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Decatur	20 min
Mar 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	50 min
Mar 15, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	38 min
Mar 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	38 min
Mar 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	47 min
Mar 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and 1 more	51 min
Mar 15, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	42 min
Mar 15, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union	41 min
Mar 15, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 1 more	49 min
Mar 15, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie and 2 more	37 min
Mar 15, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	67 min
Mar 15, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	36 min
Mar 15, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union	48 min
Mar 15, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union	64 min
Mar 15, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	57 min
Mar 15, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	21 min
Mar 15, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Tishomingo	39 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2026 Freeze Warnings in Tennessee, 2026 Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2026 Every freeze warning in 2026

Sources

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