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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
709 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 709 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KEOWNVILLE, OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAHAM, COLLINSTOWN, BIGGERSVILLE, RIENZI, THRASHERS, GASTON,
HINKLE, KEOWNVILLE, GEEVILLE, LOCUM, COTTON PLANT, KOSSUTH,
ALLENTOWN, HIGHTOWN, CRUMTOWN, BLACKLAND, BOONEVILLE, GIFT, MOLINO,
AND CLARYSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE
HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
LAT...LON 3449 8891 3461 8903 3499 8862 3470 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 233DEG 33KT 3461 8885
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
PWB
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