Headline:
Tornado Watch issued April 28 at 9:41PM CDT until April 29 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
April 28, 2026 - 7:41pm
Expires:
April 29, 2026 - 2:00am
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 179 UNTIL
4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 174.
THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST ARKANSAS
CRITTENDEN LEE PHILLIPS
ST. FRANCIS
IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES
IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO
ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE
MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA
PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN
TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION
YALOBUSHA
IN TENNESSEE THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN WEST TENNESSEE
FAYETTE HARDEMAN HARDIN
MCNAIRY SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BARTLETT,
BATESVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON,
CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, FORREST CITY,
FULTON, GERMANTOWN, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON,
IUKA, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND,
OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH,
SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO,
WATER VALLEY, AND WEST MEMPHIS.
Area Description:
Crittenden, AR; Lee, AR; Phillips, AR; St. Francis, AR; Alcorn, MS; Benton, MS; Calhoun, MS; Chickasaw, MS; Coahoma, MS; DeSoto, MS; Itawamba, MS; Lafayette, MS; Lee, MS; Marshall, MS; Monroe, MS; Panola, MS; Pontotoc, MS; Prentiss, MS; Quitman, MS; Tallahatchie, MS; Tate, MS; Tippah, MS; Tishomingo, MS; Tunica, MS; Union, MS; Yalobusha, MS; Fayette, TN; Hardeman, TN; Hardin, TN; McNairy, TN; Shelby, TN
Forcast Office:
NWS Memphis TN