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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
MSZ013-015-022-023-030145-
LAFAYETTE MS-PONTOTOC MS-CALHOUN MS-CHICKASAW MS-
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE
NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT...
AT 812 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BRUCE, OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATER VALLEY, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
PITTSBORO, ROBBS, BANNER, THORN, REID, ALGOMA, LOYD, ELLARD, PANNELL,
THELMA, BRUCE, SHEPHERD, MATTHEWS, NEW HOULKA, HOULKA, RANDOLPH,
SAREPTA, WALLFIELD, AND PONTOTOC.
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.
LAT...LON 3393 8943 3415 8948 3428 8904 3394 8898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 265DEG 34KT 3405 8932
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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