THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .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. && LAT...LON 3407 8894 3408 8897 3426 8925 3431 8925 3444 8919 3427 8882 3424 8883 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 302DEG 12KT 3431 8914 MC
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:41:15 +0000
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