Weather

Marginal severe storm risk issued for north Mississippi, West Tennessee

A marginal risk of a severe thunderstorm or two is forecast mainly this afternoon across portions of north Mississippi and West Tennessee near the Tennessee River, according to the US National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee.

Damaging wind gusts are identified as the main threat.

Source: US National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."