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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1245 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
MSZ064-072-073-160645-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
1245 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MARION
NORTHWESTERN
LAMAR AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM
CDT...
AT 1245 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HOLLY SPRINGS, OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA, MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLUMBIA, GOSS, BUNKER HILL, AND MORGANTOWN AROUND 1250 AM CDT.
IMPROVE AROUND 1255 AM CDT.
HATTIESBURG AND SUMRALL AROUND 110 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3121 9003 3139 9004 3140 9000 3139 8997
3139 8996 3140 8996 3141 8985 3144 8981
3143 8945 3122 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 267DEG 45KT 3133 8999
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SW
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