Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northeast MS and West TN
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NOAA issued it on August 9, 2026, 2 weeks 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 Alcorn and Tishomingo counties in Mississippi and Hardin and McNairy counties in Tennessee until 3:15 PM CDT.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northeastern Mississippi and West Tennessee
- Issued
- August 9, 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 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Northeastern Mississippi and West Tennessee.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Memphis TN. Effective from August 9 at 2:30 PM CDT until August 9 at 3:15 PM CDT. Alert type code: SVR.
Affected Areas
Alcorn County and northwestern Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi; southeastern McNairy County and southwestern Hardin County in west Tennessee. Locations impacted include Corinth, Pickwick Landing State Park, Burnsville, Glen, Pickwick Dam, Pineflat, Leedy, Farmington, Eastview, Michie, Guys, Ramer, Kossuth, Doskie, Pebble Hill, Strickland, Hamburg, Wenasoga, Biggersville, and Tulu.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
At 2:30 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Corinth moving east at 15 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Radar indicated.
Timeline
Alert effective August 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT and expires August 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM CDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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