Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Smith County


* A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for SMITH COUNTY until 5am. The main threat with this storm is hail to the size of quarters. There are two areas of concern. The first is in the northwestern part of the county, near Polkville. The other area is in the eastern part of the county, between Raleigh and Sylvarena.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 358 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PELAHATCHIE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RALEIGH BY 435 AM CDT...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUSINJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORSDURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

1 Comments:

At 7:58 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good teamwork Chris & Rob. Thank you. BTY in North Meridian we had nearly quarter-sized hail at 3:15. Lasted about 10-15 minutes.

 

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