606  
WWUS84 KLIX 081602  
SPSLIX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
1102 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026  
 
MSZ077-081645-  
PEARL RIVER MS-  
1102 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PEARL RIVER  
COUNTY THROUGH 1145 AM CDT  
...  
 
AT 1102 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES EAST OF VARNADO, OR 10 MILES WEST OF POPLARVILLE, MOVING EAST  
AT 40 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...  
POPLARVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 59 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28  
AND 42.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3081 8934 3082 8976 3090 8977 3092 8975  
3094 8976 3097 8973 3100 8959 3100 8955  
3101 8955 3100 8948 3098 8947 3098 8943  
3101 8942 3101 8935  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 260DEG 33KT 3089 8970  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
TJS  
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