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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1118 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
MSC071-093-107-115-137-145-290445-
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LAFAYETTE MS-UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS-
1118 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR LAFAYETTE...UNION...NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHERN MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN TATE AND NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
AT 1118 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ETTA TO NEAR SARDIS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OXFORD, NEW ALBANY, HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST, JOHN W KYLE STATE
PARK, COMO, ECRU, CAMBRIDGE, HARMONTOWN, BETHLEHEM, LAWS HILL, BARR,
ETTA, DENMARK, PINEDALE, THAXTON, MYRTLE, ABBEVILLE, SHARI, KEEL, AND
ESPERANZA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 69.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 263.
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 THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3453 9004 3464 8985 3471 8972 3460 8930
3458 8930 3459 8924 3447 8880 3424 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 299DEG 31KT 3451 8927 3447 8986
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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