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WWUS54 KMEG 290349
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1049 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
MSC003-009-093-117-139-145-290415-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-260429T0415Z/
UNION MS-MARSHALL MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-PRENTISS MS-ALCORN MS-
1049 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN UNION...CENTRAL MARSHALL...TIPPAH...BENTON...
NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS AND SOUTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTIES...
AT 1049 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIPLEY, MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONEVILLE, NEW ALBANY, HOLLY SPRINGS, RIPLEY, WALL DOXEY STATE PARK,
BLUE MOUNTAIN, JUMPERTOWN, SNOW LAKE SHORES, KEOWNVILLE, HINKLE,
GRAVESTOWN, MARIANNA, HICKORY FLAT, ASHLAND, POTTS CAMP, FALKNER,
MYRTLE, DUMAS, MURRY, AND GRAHAM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28
AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3449 8874 3449 8879 3446 8879 3465 8967
3469 8967 3469 8972 3490 8917 3484 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 282DEG 39KT 3471 8894
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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