Freeze Warning Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee | Effective 03/16/2026 21:43

Headline: 
Freeze Warning issued March 16 at 11:43PM CDT until March 17 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Event: 
Freeze Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 9:43pm
Expires: 
March 17, 2026 - 10:00am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 degrees expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri, and West Tennessee. * WHEN...Until noon CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Marshall; Benton; Tippah; Alcorn; Tishomingo; Tunica; Tate; Prentiss; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola; Lafayette; Union; Pontotoc; Lee; Itawamba; Tallahatchie; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Monroe; Lake; Obion; Weakley; Henry; Dyer; Gibson; Carroll; Benton; Lauderdale; Tipton; Haywood; Crockett; Madison; Chester; Henderson; Decatur; Shelby; Fayette; Hardeman; McNairy; Hardin
Forcast Office: 
NWS Memphis TN