Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
401 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024

ARZ036-049-MSZ001-007-TNZ088-180930-
Lee AR-Crittenden AR-Tunica MS-DeSoto MS-Shelby TN-
401 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN LEE...SOUTH CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN...WESTERN DESOTO...NORTHERN TUNICA AND SOUTHERN SHELBY
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM CDT...

At 400 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of St Francis National Park, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hernando, Walls, Tunica, Horseshoe Lake, Pinckney, Lake Cormorant,
Eudora, North Tunica, Robinsonville, Lynchburg, Jeffersonville,
Newport, Clack, Trinity, Haleside, Frees Corners, Commerce, Peters,
Council, and Bruins.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 9047 3490 9041 3494 9041 3505 9017
      3483 8998 3462 9059 3464 9059 3464 9064
      3478 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 241DEG 23KT 3471 9061

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

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