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WWUS84 KMEG 021629
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1129 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
ARZ026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-019-048-049-021715-
POINSETT AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO-DUNKLIN MO-
LAKE TN-TIPTON TN-LAUDERDALE TN-DYER TN-
1129 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD
EASTERN
POINSETT...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN PEMISCOT...SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN...
WESTERN TIPTON...WESTERN DYER...WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHWESTERN
LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1128 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEERING TO NEAR CARAWAY TO NEAR MARKED
TREE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAYNEWAY, CALUMET, NEW SURVEY, ETOWAH, GRIDER, GOBLER, COVINGTON,
HAMPSON ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM STATE PARK, OSCEOLA, ALTO, SHIPPEN,
MILLIGAN RIDGE, VICTORIA, DELPRO, ROSELAND, BASSETT, STEELE, TENNEMO,
STARK CITY, AND HAYTI HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3634 8944 3542 8987 3544 9014 3544 9061
3545 9061 3574 9035 3618 8997
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 242DEG 14KT 3616 8995 3578 9028 3547 9045
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DNM
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