Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:00PM
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi... Northwestern Tallahatchie County in northwestern Mississippi... Southwestern Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 217 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clarksdale, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Clarksdale, Tutwiler, Webb, Sumner, Dublin, Vance, Mattson, Counts, Hopson, Mikoma, Stover, Longstreet, Waverly, Lurand, Brazil, Beaver Dam, Albin and Claremont.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COAHOMA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Tallahatchie County Emergency Management
192 S Panola St
Charleston, MS 38921
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-647-2540
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TCEM followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning