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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
941 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.
* AT 940 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR KEOWNVILLE TO NEAR NEW HARMONY TO NEAR
PONTOTOC, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUPELO, PONTOTOC, FULTON, BALDWYN, VERONA, TRACE STATE PARK,
TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK, SALTILLO, GUNTOWN, BELMONT, PLANTERSVILLE,
MANTACHIE, TREMONT, FAIRVIEW, NEW HARMONY, PRATTS FRIENDSHIP, TROY,
NEW SALEM, SANDY SPRINGS, AND BLAIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70
AND 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3414 8820 3416 8910 3450 8891 3451 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 271DEG 43KT 3450 8888 3437 8889 3417 8903
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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