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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1203 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
MSZ069>071-160545-
PIKE MS-WALTHALL MS-AMITE MS-
1203 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
WALTHALL, NORTHERN PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTIES THROUGH 1245
AM CDT
...
AT 1203 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SMITHDALE, OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
MCCOMB, SUMMIT, AND SMITHDALE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17
AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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.
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 CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3133 9007 3131 9006 3120 9072 3135 9076
3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 258DEG 49KT 3131 9066
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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