Tornado Watch 05/16/2025 21:15 for Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued May 16 at 11:15PM CDT until May 17 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 16, 2025 - 9:15pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2025 - 12:00am
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 270 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON COAHOMA DESOTO MARSHALL PANOLA PRENTISS QUITMAN TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER CROCKETT DECATUR DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY LAUDERDALE MADISON MCNAIRY SHELBY TIPTON WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, CAMDEN, CLARKSDALE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, JONESBORO, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MARTIN, MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON, OAKLAND, OLIVE BRANCH, PARIS, PARSONS, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.
Area Description: 
Craighead, AR; Crittenden, AR; Cross, AR; Lee, AR; Mississippi, AR; Phillips, AR; Poinsett, AR; St. Francis, AR; Alcorn, MS; Benton, MS; Coahoma, MS; DeSoto, MS; Marshall, MS; Panola, MS; Prentiss, MS; Quitman, MS; Tate, MS; Tippah, MS; Tishomingo, MS; Tunica, 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; Lauderdale, TN; McNairy, TN; Madison, TN; Shelby, TN; Tipton, TN; Weakley, TN
Forcast Office: 
NWS Memphis TN