Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
681 WWUS84 KMEG 090923 SPSMEG Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 423 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024 ARZ036-MSZ001-007-091000- Crittenden AR-Tunica MS-DeSoto MS- 423 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN...DESOTO AND NORTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM CDT... At 423 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Horseshoe Lake, or 10 miles southeast of Hughes, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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... Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando, Walls, Horseshoe Lake, Pinckney, Lake Cormorant, Lynchburg, Eudora, Robinsonville, Newport, Clack, Trinity, Frees Corners, Commerce, Bright, Nesbit, Bruins, and Beck. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for northwestern Mississippi. && LAT...LON 3482 9046 3484 9047 3489 9045 3488 9044 3484 9043 3483 9041 3499 9041 3498 8990 3475 8993 3474 8995 3474 9011 3476 9014 3476 9017 3474 9018 3475 9045 3478 9047 3480 9047 TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 270DEG 39KT 3488 9030 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ KRM