664
WWUS84 KMEG 091816
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
116 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
MSZ001-002-008-012-013-091845-
LAFAYETTE MS-MARSHALL MS-DESOTO MS-PANOLA MS-TATE MS-
116 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE
SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...TATE AND NORTHERN
PANOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CDT...
AT 116 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
STRAYHORN, OR 9 MILES WEST OF SENATOBIA, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
SENATOBIA, COLDWATER, COMO, CRENSHAW, BARR, STRAYHORN, HARMONTOWN,
INDEPENDENCE, LEWISBURG, ARKABUTLA, WAKEFIELD, ASKEW, BUXTON,
COCKRUM, SAVAGE, AIKEN, CROSSROAD, TYRO, GLENVILLE, AND SARAH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 277.
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 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3463 9024 3465 9022 3466 9022 3491 8974
3450 8957 3447 9019 3450 9020 3455 9020
3456 9022 3457 9021 3460 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 252DEG 44KT 3458 9015
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DNM
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