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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN

March 15, 2026Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2026, 8:26 PM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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 15, 2026, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2026, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

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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
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado 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.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
631 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 ENE Jonesboro         35.83N 90.65W
03/15/2026  M75 MPH          Craighead          AR   ASOS

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CJC

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, 8:41 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 16, 2:55 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	32 hr
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

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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.