800
WWUS84 KMEG 262020
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
320 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
MSZ015>017-023-024-262115-
ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-LEE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
320 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW
SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA...SOUTHERN LEE AND
MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...
AT 320 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SHANNON, OR NEAR OKOLONA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUPELO, AMORY, ABERDEEN, VERONA, OKOLONA, TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK,
SALTILLO, SHANNON, PLANTERSVILLE, SMITHVILLE, NEW SALEM, NEW WREN,
EVERGREEN, NETTLETON, HATLEY, ABNEY, QUINCY, TURON, EGYPT, AND
MOOREVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84
AND 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3406 8899 3435 8870 3410 8820 3390 8823
3368 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 305DEG 23KT 3409 8874
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
AEH
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