Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:30PM Sunday
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Lee County in eastern Arkansas... Southwestern DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi... Central Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi... Tate County in northwestern Mississippi... Northwestern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 747 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near North Tunica, or 14 miles northeast of St Francis National Park, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Senatobia, Coldwater, Tunica, Crenshaw, Phillipp, Strayhorn, Pleasant Grove, Dubbs, North Tunica, Arkabutla, Little Texas, Askew, Buxton, Savage, Commerce, Austin, Peters, Prichard, Sarah and Diamond Woods.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LEE, AR ... DESOTO, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... TATE, MS ... TUNICA, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Tunica County MS Emergency Management
3092 US-61 S
Tunica, MS 38676
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-363-4012
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TUNICACO 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