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WFUS54 KMEG 060043
TORMEG
MSC057-081-117-145-060130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0131.250406T0043Z-250406T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
743 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 743 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLAIR, OR 7 MILES WEST OF BALDWYN, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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, THRASHER, JERICHO, BRANYAN, KIRKVILLE, THRASHERS, GASTON,
JUG FORK, BALDWYN, GEEVILLE, HOBO STATION, WHEELER, PRATTS
FRIENDSHIP, SANDY SPRINGS, CHAPELVILLE, ALPINE, BLACKLAND,
BOONEVILLE, BIRMINGHAM, AND CORRONA.
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.
LAT...LON 3438 8878 3454 8887 3460 8879 3460 8872
3464 8872 3476 8855 3476 8846 3456 8833
3447 8833 3446 8826 3443 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 229DEG 44KT 3449 8876
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
JAB
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