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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

March 6, 2026Shelby County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2026, 10:44 PM CST for Shelby County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 16 min. 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 6, 2026, 10:44 PM CST (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2026, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 6, 10:42 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 10:42 PM CST, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST, 44 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 7, 9:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	35 min
Mar 7, 9:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	38 min
Mar 7, 9:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	36 min
Mar 7, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Mar 7, 9:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	47 min
Mar 7, 10:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	22 min
Mar 7, 10:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	26 min
Mar 7, 10:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Mar 7, 10:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	48 min
Mar 7, 11:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 7, 12:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	42 min
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman	30 min
Mar 6, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	40 min
Mar 7, 11:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	25 min
Mar 7, 11:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	25 min
Mar 7, 12:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	33 min
Mar 7, 1:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	25 min
Mar 7, 1:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	30 min
Mar 7, 1:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Union	27 min
Mar 7, 1:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	32 min
Mar 7, 2:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc	35 min
Mar 7, 2:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	32 min
Mar 7, 3:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	35 min
Mar 7, 7:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	33 min
Mar 7, 8:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Greene	31 min
Mar 7, 8:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	38 min
Mar 7, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	51 min
Mar 7, 9:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	39 min

Nearby

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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.