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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Memphis, TN

July 2, 2026Benton County, Carroll County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2026, 7:31 PM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Tennessee. 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: Jul 2, 2026, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT, 5 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
Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	34 min
Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	34 min
Jul 2, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson	28 min
Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	14 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	28 min
Jul 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson	24 min
Jul 3, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson	36 min
Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Henry	28 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	26 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	44 min
Jul 3, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	28 min
Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	36 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	31 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	33 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson, Obion	47 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	23 min
Jul 3, 11:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	31 min
Jul 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	42 min
Jul 3, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	39 min
Jul 3, 12:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pontotoc	33 min
Jul 3, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	52 min
Jul 3, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pontotoc	31 min
Jul 3, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	36 min
Jul 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	25 min
Jul 3, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	30 min
Jul 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	32 min
Jul 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	20 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	34 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.