Excessive Heat Warning until 09:00PM Tuesday
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 111 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri, and West Tennessee.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 9 PM CDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLAY ... GREENE ... CRAIGHEAD ... POINSETT ... MISSISSIPPI ... CROSS ... CRITTENDEN ... ST. FRANCIS ... LEE ... PHILLIPS ... DUNKLIN ... PEMISCOT ... DESOTO ... TUNICA ... TATE ... COAHOMA ... QUITMAN ... PANOLA ... TALLAHATCHIE ... LAKE ... OBION ... WEAKLEY ... DYER ... GIBSON ... LAUDERDALE ... TIPTON ... HAYWOOD ... CROCKETT ... SHELBY ... FAYETTE
Instructions:
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Address/Location
Dyer County Sheriff's Office
401 East Cedar Street
Dyersburg, TN 38024
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-285-2802
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Excessive Heat Warning