Full Notification

SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Western Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi... Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi... Southern Union County in northeastern Mississippi... Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi... East central Tallahatchie County in northwestern Mississippi... Southeastern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 907 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Cambridge to near Paris to 7 miles northwest of Gore Springs, moving east at 45 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, New Albany, Pontotoc, Houston, Water Valley, Trace State Park, Holly Springs National Forest, Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman, Derma, Coffeeville, Ecru, Pittsboro, Slate Springs, Cambridge, New Harmony, Troy, Velma, and Etta. This includes the following highways... Interstate 22 in Mississipppi between mile markers 64 and 79. Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 215 and 227.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... UNION, 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.