886
WWUS84 KMEG 121817
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
117 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
MSZ020-021-121845-
TALLAHATCHIE MS-YALOBUSHA MS-
117 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CDT...
AT 117 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PAYNES, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
CHARLESTON, COFFEEVILLE, PAYNES, VELMA, SCOBEY, OAKLAND, SPEARMAN,
BRYANT, DISTALL, CASCILLA, TIPPO, TILLATOBA, LEVERETT, TYSON, GUMS,
EFFIE, AND ROSEBLOOM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215
AND 229.
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.
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 3372 9022 3374 9024 3376 9023 3376 9019
3378 9017 3381 9018 3381 9023 3394 9021
3416 8981 3409 8958 3387 8951 3387 8977
3390 8977 3390 8992 3382 8993 3382 8998
3381 8998 3381 9014 3372 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 343DEG 11KT 3388 9004
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PWB
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