205  
WWUS84 KLIX 022003  
SPSLIX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
303 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025  
 
MSZ085-088-022045-  
NORTHERN JACKSON MS-SOUTHERN JACKSON MS-  
303 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY  
THROUGH 345 PM CDT  
...  
 
AT 303 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
BIG POINT, OR NEAR ESCATAWPA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
OCEAN SPRINGS, MOSS POINT, ESCATAWPA, GAUTIER, WADE, HELENA, GULF  
HILLS, HURLEY, BIG POINT, VANCLEAVE, AND HICKORY HILLS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52  
AND 74.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3033 8851 3042 8883 3051 8878 3074 8855  
3073 8842 3072 8841 3052 8840  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 216DEG 10KT 3055 8854  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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