Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:45PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi... Northeastern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi... Southeastern Shelby County in west Tennessee...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Phillipp, or 12 miles west of Hernando, moving northeast at 55 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.
* Locations impacted include... Bartlett, Southaven, Collierville, Germantown, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando, Cordova, Memphis, Lakeland, Walls, Lake Cormorant, Southwest Memphis, Lynchburg, Ellendale, Eudora, Southeast Memphis, Whitehaven, Robinsonville, and Midtown Memphis. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 7 and 21. Interstate 22 in Mississipppi between mile markers 1 and 9. Interstate 240 between mile markers 12 and 28. Interstate 55 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 8. Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 280 and 292.
* AFFECTED AREAS: DESOTO, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... SHELBY, TN
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern Mississippi...and west Tennessee.
Address/Location
City of Olive Branch
9200 Pigeon Roost Rd
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-892-9200
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OLIVEBRANCH 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
