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WWUS84 KMEG 091711
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1211 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
ARZ027-035-048-049-058-091745-
POINSETT AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-PHILLIPS AR-CROSS AR-LEE AR-
1211 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LEE...ST. FRANCIS
SOUTHWESTERN
POINSETT...NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS AND CROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM
CDT...
AT 1210 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM TUPELO TO NEAR HUNTER TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
PALMER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
FORREST CITY, WYNNE, MARIANNA, MARVELL, MADISON, PALESTINE,
HELENA-WEST HELENA, VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK, ST FRANCIS NATIONAL
PARK, CHERRY VALLEY, CALDWELL, COLT, WHEATLEY, LEXA, WIDENER, HICKORY
RIDGE, MORO, RONDO, AUBREY, AND HAYNES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND
252.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3500 9104 3546 9104 3548 9066 3499 9060
3473 9051 3475 9052 3475 9053 3472 9057
3470 9050 3466 9048 3463 9054 3470 9055
3470 9056 3461 9059 3454 9054 3451 9058
3458 9105 3473 9105 3474 9110 3500 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 274DEG 41KT 3538 9125 3504 9121 3467 9108
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DNM
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