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WWUS84 KMEG 190230
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
MSZ002>004-013>015-190300-
LAFAYETTE MS-TIPPAH MS-PONTOTOC MS-MARSHALL MS-UNION MS-BENTON MS-
930 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN LAFAYETTE...UNION
NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH
AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...
AT 930 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CAMBRIDGE, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OXFORD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OXFORD, NEW ALBANY, BLUE MOUNTAIN, ECRU, CAMBRIDGE, KEOWNVILLE, ETTA,
BETHLEHEM, DENMARK, PINEDALE, THAXTON, HICKORY FLAT, POTTS CAMP,
MYRTLE, ABBEVILLE, MALONE, SHARI, KEEL, POOLVILLE, AND ESPERANZA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42
AND 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3424 8946 3453 8961 3476 8905 3444 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 244DEG 50KT 3443 8937
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SCHLESSIGER
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