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WWUS84 KMEG 121344
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
844 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
MSZ002-013>015-121415-
LAFAYETTE MS-PONTOTOC MS-MARSHALL MS-UNION MS-
844 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE
UNION...NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES
THROUGH 915 AM CDT...
AT 843 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ETTA, OR 13 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
NEW ALBANY, ECRU, CAMBRIDGE, KEOWNVILLE, ETTA, BETHLEHEM, PINEDALE,
THAXTON, MYRTLE, SHARI, HORTONTOWN, POOLVILLE, KEEL, ESPERANZA, OLD
MYRTLE, PUMPKIN CENTER, BAKER, SMALCO, GLENFIELD, AND COTTON PLANT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 22 IN MISSISSIPPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51
AND 69.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3448 8949 3460 8931 3460 8930 3458 8930
3458 8925 3460 8924 3460 8890 3437 8896
3427 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 295DEG 30KT 3450 8925
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PWB
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