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NWS Memphis TNSV.W 0126May 31, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mississippi County, Pemiscot, Dyer and 1 more, AR and MO

The National Weather Service office in Memphis issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Mississippi County, Pemiscot, Dyer and 1 more in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 126th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Memphis issued in 2026. Arkansas had 34 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 156 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Arkansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).

ExpiredWarning

Issued6:05 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
In force6:05 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
Expired6:45 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026

In force for 40 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.

The notice

Issued by
National Weather Service, Memphis TN
Area
Mississippi County, Pemiscot, Dyer and 1 more
State
Arkansas
Level
Warning
Issued
6:05 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
Expires
6:45 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
CAP severity, certainty, urgency
Severe, Observed, Immediate
VTEC event
KMEG SV.W 0126
Official source
National Weather Service: the notice at its source

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas since 2008Every warning type in Arkansas

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The notice as issued

SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas... Southern Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri... Dyer County in west Tennessee... Northeastern Lauderdale County in west Tennessee... * Until 645 PM CDT. * At 605 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Miston to Heloise to Cooter, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Dyersburg, Caruthersville, Steele, Halls, Cooter, Bradleytown, Heloise, Unionville, Holland, Edith, Fowlkes, Bonicord, Jenkinsville, Rohoboth, Poplar Grove, Parker, Tennemo, Nauvoo, Nankipoo, and Boothspoint. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 in Arkansas between mile markers 71 and 72. Interstate 55 in Missouri between mile markers 1 and 14. Interstate 55 in Tennessee between mile markers 13 and 15.

What the agency told people to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.

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