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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
838 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
MSC033-160147-
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DESOTO MS-
838 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3464 8993 3477 8972 3499 8961 3499 8902
3486 8902 3486 8904 3482 8904 3481 8909
3447 8909 3445 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 247DEG 57KT 3506 8938 3487 8949 3460 8972
MSC009-071-093-107-137-145-160215-
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LAFAYETTE MS-UNION MS-MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-BENTON MS-PANOLA MS-
838 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN UNION...MARSHALL...EASTERN
TATE...BENTON AND NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
AT 837 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SLAYDEN TO NEAR MT PLEASANT TO
NEAR BARR, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SENATOBIA, HOLLY SPRINGS, WALL DOXEY STATE PARK, LAMAR, COMO, SNOW
LAKE SHORES, MT PLEASANT, HARMONTOWN, BETHLEHEM, MICHIGAN CITY, RED
BANKS, LAWS HILL, BARR, CANAAN, INDEPENDENCE, SLAYDEN, MARIANNA,
HICKORY FLAT, ASHLAND, AND POTTS CAMP.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 57.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 265.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
STORM SHELTER OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3464 8993 3477 8972 3499 8961 3499 8902
3486 8902 3486 8904 3482 8904 3481 8909
3447 8909 3445 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 247DEG 57KT 3506 8938 3487 8949 3460 8972
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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