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WWUS54 KMEG 190424
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1124 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
MSC009-071-093-115-139-145-190500-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0278.000000T0000Z-250519T0500Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-MARSHALL MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-
1124 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...UNION...NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHERN TIPPAH AND SOUTHERN BENTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1124 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHLEHEM, OR
12 MILES EAST OF WALL DOXEY STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKORY FLAT, SHARI, SNOW LAKE SHORES, KEEL, MURRY, ESPERANZA,
WATERFORD, PUMPKIN CENTER, CAMBRIDGE, LAKE CENTER, KEOWNVILLE,
BETHEL, SMALCO, GLENFIELD, UNION HILL, ECRU, WINBORN, MARTINTOWN,
BETHLEHEM, AND HOLLY SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3460 8967 3489 8937 3480 8878 3448 8891
3423 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 287DEG 31KT 3462 8926
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
PWB
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