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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
521 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
 

MSZ001-007-008-011-012-091045-
Tunica MS-DeSoto MS-Panola MS-Tate MS-Quitman MS-
521 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL DESOTO...SOUTHERN
TUNICA...TATE...NORTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTIES
THROUGH 545 AM CDT...

At 521 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Little Texas, or 17 miles east of St Francis National Park, moving
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Senatobia, John W Kyle State Park, Sardis, Coldwater, Como, Tunica,
Crenshaw, Sledge, Strayhorn, Pleasant Grove, Dubbs, Dundee,
Arkabutla, Barr, Phillipp, Independence, Little Texas, North Tunica,
Askew, and Gerlach Mill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for northwestern
Mississippi.

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LAT...LON 3476 9032 3476 8974 3444 8972 3443 8972
      3441 9030 3443 9042 3450 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 269DEG 40KT 3460 9031 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

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