Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ECRU...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONTOTOC...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PONTOTOC AND TRACE STATE PARK. Instructions: .IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. Target Area: Pontotoc Union
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:49:48 +0000