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WWUS54 KMEG 282118
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
418 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
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MISSISSIPPI AR-CRITTENDEN AR-TIPTON TN-FAYETTE TN-LAUDERDALE TN-
SHELBY TN-
418 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN...TIPTON...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN SHELBY
COUNTIES...
AT 417 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXONVILLE, OR
NEAR MILLINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARTLETT, WEST MEMPHIS, MARION, MILLINGTON, COVINGTON, RIPLEY,
OSCEOLA, LUXORA, WILSON, KEISER, MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK,
FORT PILLOW STATE PARK, MEMPHIS, LAKELAND, ARLINGTON, MUNFORD,
BRIGHTON, BASSETT, MARIE, AND DIXONVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 284.
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 35.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 4, AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ARKANSAS...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
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 3577 8953 3519 8952 3514 9018 3574 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 263DEG 37KT 3543 8988
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJC
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