At 504 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pleasant Grove, or 11 miles northwest of Batesville, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD. Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include. Batesville, Sardis, Pleasant Grove, Horatio, and Ballentine.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 401 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE FAYETTE SHELBY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, FORREST CITY, FULTON, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA-WEST HELENA, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO, WATER VALLEY, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.