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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Memphis, TN

May 31, 2026Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2026, 5:01 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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: May 31, 2026, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Clay County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 May 31, 1:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 4:40 PM CDT, 21 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
May 31, 4:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lauderdale, McNairy and 2 more	5 hr
May 31, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	47 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	39 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	51 min
May 31, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	35 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	27 min
May 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	48 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	17 min
May 31, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	49 min
May 31, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	44 min
May 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	50 min
May 31, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	53 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.