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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
422 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
MSZ017-023-024-022200-
ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
422 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL CHICKASAW
SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PRAIRIE, OR 8 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
BINFORD, SIPSEY FORK, NEW HAMILTON, BECKER, QUINCY, ABERDEEN,
SMITHVILLE, TURON, EGYPT, PRAIRIE, NEW WREN, SPLUNGE, WISE GAP,
ATHENS, WREN, AMORY, HATLEY, EAST ABERDEEN, BIGBEE, AND MULDON.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3381 8872 3381 8875 3399 8879 3416 8820
3375 8825 3374 8833 3373 8833 3372 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 270DEG 26KT 3387 8868
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DNM
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