Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:45AM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 854 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHPORT...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DYERSBURG...RIPLEY...NEWBERN...HALLS...BRADLEYTOWN...CHESTNUT BLUFF...UNIONVILLE...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...GATES...EDITH... JENKINSVILLE...STINGER...BISHOP...NANKIPOO...PORTER GAP... ROHOBOTH...DOG HILL...ARP AND STOKES. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: CROCKETT ... DYER ... LAUDERDALE
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Address/Location
Dyer County Sheriff's Office
401 East Cedar Street
Dyersburg, TN 38024
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-285-2802