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WUUS54 KMEG 202048
SVRMEG
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
348 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 348 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ECRU, OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF PONTOTOC, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONTOTOC, TRACE STATE PARK, ECRU, TROY, FURRS, PINEDALE, NEW
HARMONY, SHERMAN, THAXTON, ALGOMA, TOCCOPOLA, BLUE SPRINGS, NIXON,
HORTONTOWN, ESPERANZA, ENDVILLE, CHERRY CREEK, CHIWAPA, INGOMAR,
AND BALD HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70
AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3426 8925 3428 8925 3445 8922 3440 8879
3439 8879 3439 8882 3414 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 273DEG 14KT 3434 8912
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
SIRMON
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