262  
WUUS54 KMEG 230031  
SVRMEG  
MSC013-071-107-161-230115-  
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0230.260823T0031Z-260823T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
731 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
 
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 731 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VELMA, OR 7  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATER VALLEY, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WATER VALLEY, BRUCE, COFFEEVILLE, PITTSBORO, SPRINGDALE, BANNER,  
VELMA, PARIS, OAKLAND, BIG CREEK, SPEARMAN, BENWOOD, SHUFORD,  
BOUNDS, PINE VALLEY, ELLARD, SHEPHERD, SKUNA, TYSON, AND SAREPTA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 225  
AND 228.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3406 8992 3431 8976 3415 8925 3414 8924  
3411 8924 3382 8936  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 291DEG 33KT 3412 8975  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
SCHLESSIGER  
 
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