THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 285 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS GREENE LEE MISSISSIPPI POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON DESOTO MARSHALL TATE TIPPAH TUNICA 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 ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BROWNSVILLE, CAMDEN, CARUTHERSVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, CORNING, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, JACKSON, JONESBORO, KENNETT, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARTIN, MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON, OAKLAND, OLIVE BRANCH, PARAGOULD, PARIS, PARSONS, PIGGOTT, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TIPTONVILLE, TUNICA, UNION CITY, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.