680  
WWUS84 KJAN 252159  
SPSJAN  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
459 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026  
 
MSZ051-052-252230-  
LAUDERDALE MS-NEWTON MS-  
459 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEWTON AND NORTHWESTERN  
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...  
 
AT 458 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM LITTLE ROCK TO DECATUR TO NEAR NEWTON. MOVEMENT  
WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
NEWTON, LITTLE ROCK, AND DUFFEE AROUND 505 PM CDT.  
COLLINSVILLE AND HICKORY AROUND 510 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.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR OKATIBBEE LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS  
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES  
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE  
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS COULD BE DAMAGED OR  
OVERTURNED IN HIGH WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. MOVE TO SAFE  
SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3241 8893 3222 8903 3235 8929 3249 8925  
3258 8917 3256 8878  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 283DEG 22KT 3252 8904 3245 8912 3236 8916  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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