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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2026, 3:02 PM CDT for Tunica County, Mississippi; 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 17, 2026, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 24 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 12:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Monroe, Panola, Quitman and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tippah | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss | 7 min |
| Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tippah | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Pontotoc | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Tippah, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 48 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.