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WWUS54 KMEG 290356
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1056 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
MSC027-071-107-119-143-161-290430-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-260429T0430Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-YALOBUSHA MS-COAHOMA MS-TUNICA MS-QUITMAN MS-PANOLA MS-
1056 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA...EAST CENTRAL
COAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN TUNICA...NORTHERN QUITMAN AND PANOLA
COUNTIES...
AT 1056 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DARLING, OR 19
MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OXFORD, BATESVILLE, WATER VALLEY, HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST, JOHN
W KYLE STATE PARK, MARKS, SARDIS, JONESTOWN, CRENSHAW, SLEDGE, POPE,
DARLING, PLEASANT GROVE, SPRINGDALE, CURTIS STATION, BURGESS,
COURTLAND, COAHOMA, TAYLOR, AND LULA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 234
AND 255.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR 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 3436 9054 3445 9048 3449 9035 3451 9030
3452 9020 3441 8951 3410 8963 3432 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 287DEG 32KT 3434 9027
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JAB
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