710
WWUS54 KMEG 160224
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
924 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
MSC003-009-071-093-117-139-145-160245-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-260316T0245Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-UNION MS-MARSHALL MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-PRENTISS MS-
ALCORN MS-
924 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...UNION...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...
TIPPAH...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON...NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS AND WESTERN
ALCORN COUNTIES...
AT 924 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF BIG HILL POND STATE PARK TO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JUMPERTOWN TO NEAR NEW ALBANY, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ALBANY, RIPLEY, BLUE MOUNTAIN, JUMPERTOWN, KEOWNVILLE, THEO,
BETHLEHEM, GRAVESTOWN, WALNUT, HICKORY FLAT, FALKNER, MYRTLE, DUMAS,
SHARI, CHALYBEATE, MURRY, GRAHAM, JERICHO, OLD MYRTLE, AND
COLLINSTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44
AND 64.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3479 8866 3451 8873 3449 8879 3446 8879
3448 8943 3469 8923 3472 8919 3475 8917
3478 8914 3499 8901 3500 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 263DEG 37KT 3505 8862 3480 8874 3455 8900
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JAB
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