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Memphis, TN – Damaging wind and a sharp temperature crash are set to hit the Mid-South in back-to-back rounds, creating travel concerns Sunday and a growing threat to crops, gardens and exposed pipes through early Tuesday.
According to the National Weather Service in Memphis, a Wind Advisory remains in effect from 8 a.m. Sunday until 1 a.m. Monday for much of West Tennessee, North Mississippi, East Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel. South winds of 20 to 30 mph are expected to gust as high as 45 mph before shifting northwest Sunday evening, with gusts still running 30 to 40 mph overnight. Freeze watches are also in effect from late Sunday night through Monday morning and again from Monday evening through Tuesday morning…