991
WWUS84 KJAN 291933
SPSJAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
233 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
MSZ054>056-292000-
SMITH MS-COPIAH MS-SIMPSON MS-
233 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SIMPSON
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND
COPIAH COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT...
AT 233 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PINOLA, OR NEAR MENDENHALL, MOVING 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.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAGEE AND SANATORIUM AROUND 240 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 9066 3202 9066 3202 9024 3190 8963
3180 8948 3178 8961 3176 9013 3172 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 288DEG 38KT 3189 8993
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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