378
WWUS84 KMEG 120118
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
818 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
MSZ016-017-023-024-120145-
ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS-LEE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
818 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN CHICKASAW
SOUTHERN
ITAWAMBA...SOUTHERN LEE AND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT...
AT 818 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SMITHVILLE, OR NEAR AMORY, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMORY, ABERDEEN, FULTON, OKOLONA, SHANNON, SMITHVILLE, TREMONT,
PRAIRIE, NEW SALEM, NEW WREN, TREBLOC, EVERGREEN, CLAY, NETTLETON,
HATLEY, GATTMAN, ABNEY, QUINCY, TURON, AND EGYPT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102
AND 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3367 8849 3368 8872 3381 8872 3381 8889
3387 8894 3408 8885 3408 8882 3411 8882
3436 8817 3375 8825 3374 8833 3372 8833
3368 8837 3369 8839 3367 8842 3367 8846
3365 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 265DEG 17KT 3403 8843
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PWB
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