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HURRICANE ISAIAS LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN AL092026
424 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2026
THIS PRODUCT COVERS MID-SOUTH
**TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHICKASAW, ITAWAMBA,
LEE MS, AND MONROE
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MS
- 29.2N 87.0W
- STORM INTENSITY 115 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTH OR 10 DEGREES AT 17 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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AFTER MAKING FORECAST LANDFALL ALONG THE GULF COAST LATER THIS
EVENING, ISAIAS IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MAKING A NORTHWARD TREK INLAND.
THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NHC HAS ISAIAS IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE
MID-SOUTH AT TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WITH ISAIAS'
REMNANTS HERE IN THE MID-SOUTH WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL. THOUGH UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE OVERALL IMPACTS,
STORM TRACK, AND INTENSITY THIS FAR INLAND, FOUR COUNTIES IN THE MID-
SOUTH REMAIN IN A TROPICAL STORM WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO SEE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 3".
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS
ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
- MODERATE RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES, ESPECIALLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS,
ARROYOS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES OR WEAKEN FOUNDATIONS.
SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE EXPANDED AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON MOVING WATER AS
STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES.
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG
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