527
WWUS84 KMEG 151325
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
825 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2025
MSZ003-004-013>015-151400-
LAFAYETTE MS-TIPPAH MS-PONTOTOC MS-UNION MS-BENTON MS-
825 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE
UNION...NORTHERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH AND SOUTHEASTERN
BENTON COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM CDT...
AT 825 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE MOUNTAIN, OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ALBANY,
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...
NEW ALBANY, BLUE MOUNTAIN, ECRU, KEOWNVILLE, NEW HARMONY, ETTA,
PINEDALE, SHERMAN, THAXTON, HICKORY FLAT, MYRTLE, BLUE SPRINGS,
SHARI, HORTONTOWN, POOLVILLE, ESPERANZA, ENDVILLE, CHERRY CREEK, OLD
MYRTLE, AND PUMPKIN CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45
AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3429 8932 3451 8928 3451 8927 3450 8925
3458 8925 3459 8927 3469 8925 3468 8891
3435 8882 3430 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 358DEG 20KT 3459 8912
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PWB
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