Tornado Watch Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee | Effective 03/15/2026 13:57

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued March 15 at 3:57PM CDT until March 15 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 15, 2026 - 1:57pm
Expires: 
March 15, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 55 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS GREENE LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS 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 MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DUNKLIN PEMISCOT IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER CROCKETT DECATUR DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY LAKE LAUDERDALE MADISON MCNAIRY OBION SHELBY TIPTON WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALAMO, AMORY, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN, CARUTHERSVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, CORNING, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY, FULTON, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, JONESBORO, KENNETT, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MARTIN, MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARAGOULD, PARIS, PARSONS, PIGGOTT, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TIPTONVILLE, TUNICA, TUPELO, UNION CITY, WATER VALLEY, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.
Area Description: 
Clay, AR; Craighead, AR; Crittenden, AR; Cross, AR; Greene, AR; Lee, AR; Mississippi, AR; Phillips, AR; Poinsett, AR; St. Francis, AR; Dunklin, MO; Pemiscot, MO; 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; Benton, TN; Carroll, TN; Chester, TN; Crockett, TN; Decatur, TN; Dyer, TN; Fayette, TN; Gibson, TN; Hardeman, TN; Hardin, TN; Haywood, TN; Henderson, TN; Henry, TN; Lake, TN; Lauderdale, TN; McNairy, TN; Madison, TN; Obion, TN; Shelby, TN; Tipton, TN; Weakley, TN
Forcast Office: 
NWS Memphis TN
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov