Full Notification

SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... Northwestern Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi... Tallahatchie County in northwestern Mississippi... Southeastern Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi... Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 831 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sardis to near Minter City, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Oxford, Batesville, Water Valley, Charleston, George Payne State Park, Holly Springs National Forest, John W Kyle State Park, Tutwiler, Marks, Sardis, Lambert, Coffeeville, Crowder, Webb, Sumner, Pope, Enid, Paynes, Cambridge, and Pleasant Grove. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 215 and 254.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CALHOUN, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the storm shelter or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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 northeastern and northwestern Mississippi.