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WWUS84 KJAN 292142
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
MSZ072>074-292230-
LAMAR MS-MARION MS-FORREST MS-
442 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MARION
FORREST AND LAMAR
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
AT 441 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE TO NEAR NEW
AUGUSTA TO NEAR MORGANTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HATTIESBURG, COLUMBIA, MCLAURIN, AND PINE RIDGE AROUND 445 PM CDT.
PURVIS AROUND 450 PM CDT.
BROOKLYN, ROCK HILL, AND PINE BURR AROUND 455 PM CDT.
PICKWICK AROUND 500 PM CDT.
BAXTERVILLE AROUND 505 PM CDT.
MAXIE AROUND 510 PM CDT.
LUMBERTON AROUND 515 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3101 8935 3101 8942 3098 8943 3098 8947
3101 8950 3100 8983 3107 8984 3107 8992
3113 8994 3113 9001 3117 9001 3118 9003
3139 9004 3129 8915 3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 344DEG 22KT 3134 8868 3120 8910 3132 8988
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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