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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
256 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
MSZ070-071-100930-
PIKE MS-WALTHALL MS-
256 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
WALTHALL AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM CST
...
AT 256 AM CST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER MCCOMB, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...IF A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHES DOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCCOMB AND SUMMIT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14
AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE HARBOR AND REPORT
YOUR SIGHTING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3134 9009 3117 9053 3118 9055 3132 9055
3135 9052 3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0856Z 229DEG 31KT 3125 9051
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TJS
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