Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:30PM Thursday
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Holmes County in central Mississippi... Southwestern Leflore County in north central Mississippi... Northeastern Humphreys County in central Mississippi...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 829 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Swiftown, or near Belzoni, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Holmes, southwestern Leflore and northeastern Humphreys Counties.
* AFFECTED AREAS: HOLMES, MS ... HUMPHREYS, MS ... LEFLORE, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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
Greenwood/Leflore Emergency Management, MS
306 W Market St
Greenwood, MS 38930
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-453-1428
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