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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
917 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
MSZ085-088-261500-
NORTHERN JACKSON MS-SOUTHERN JACKSON MS-
917 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY
THROUGH 1000 AM CDT
...
AT 917 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR GAUTIER, OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSS POINT, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...IF A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHES DOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEAN SPRINGS, MOSS POINT, ESCATAWPA, GAUTIER, WADE, HURLEY, BIG
POINT, VANCLEAVE, GULF PARK ESTATES, HICKORY HILLS, HELENA, AND GULF
HILLS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54
AND 70.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE HARBOR AND REPORT
YOUR SIGHTING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3032 8852 3034 8865 3032 8873 3033 8876
3073 8885 3073 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 171DEG 20KT 3035 8865
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TJS
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