Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate Counties MS
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NOAA issued it on August 21, 2026, 2 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Memphis has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for four northwestern Mississippi counties until 2:15 AM CDT, with 60 mph winds and quarter-size hail.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northwestern Mississippi
- Issued
- August 21, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Memphis TN
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Northwestern Mississippi.
Alert Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning (SVR) has been issued by the National Weather Service in Memphis TN. The alert is effective from August 21 at 1:32 AM CDT until August 21 at 2:15 AM CDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Northwestern Lafayette County, Southwestern Marshall County, Eastern Tate County, and Northeastern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi. Locations impacted include Senatobia, Wall Doxey State Park, Coldwater, Barr, Harmontown, Independence, Laws Hill, Waterford, Aiken, Crossroad, Tyro, Chulahoma, Glenville, Galena, Poagville, Bluff, Blackwater, Teckville, Looxahoma, and Lurline. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 264 and 270.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
At 1:31 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Independence, or 7 miles northeast of Senatobia, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
Timeline
The warning is in effect until 2:15 AM CDT on August 21, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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