Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
899 WWUS54 KMEG 241856 SVSMEG Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 156 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 MSC013-071-115-161-241930- /O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-240924T1930Z/ Lafayette MS-Yalobusha MS-Calhoun MS-Pontotoc MS- 156 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND WESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTIES... At 156 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Paris, or 11 miles east of Water Valley, moving east at 30 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... Bruce, Banner, Tula, Denmark, Randolph, Paris, Thaxton, Toccopola, Robbs, Pine Valley, Ellard, Delay, Matthews, Lafayette Springs, Sarepta, and Yocona. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3397 8967 3412 8963 3419 8955 3431 8951 3438 8921 3407 8913 3402 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 254DEG 24KT 3418 8943 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ AEH