THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI… LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF… LAUDERDALE… MERIDIAN STATION… MERIDIAN…



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 149 PM CDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL… AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF MARTIN… OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA… AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… MARTIN BY 200 PM CDT… DAMASCUS BY 205 PM CDT… LIBERTY AND PRISMATIC BY 210 PM CDT… BLACKWATER BY 215 PM CDT… OAK GROVE BY 225 PM CDT… PORTERVILLE BY 235 PM CDT…



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…



WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS… AND CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES. NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES MAY OCCUR… POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE… SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.