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WUUS54 KMEG 202022
SVRMEG
MSC081-115-202100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0206.260820T2022Z-260820T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
322 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* AT 322 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PONTOTOC,
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUPELO, PONTOTOC, TRACE STATE PARK, ECRU, TROY, FURRS, SHERMAN,
ALGOMA, NIXON, HORTONTOWN, ENDVILLE, BELDEN, CHERRY CREEK, CHIWAPA,
PALMETTO, BISSELL, BUCHANNAN, CHESTERVILLE, FROG ISLAND, AND
SPRINGVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77
AND 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3424 8916 3438 8909 3438 8893 3436 8893
3436 8883 3438 8882 3437 8872 3410 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 284DEG 10KT 3430 8902
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
SIRMON
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