Reports of funnel clouds by emergency personnel are being reported in the House communities and in Marion.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LAUDERDALE, MERIDIAN STATION AND MERIDIAN UNTIL 9:15 PM CDT. AT 808 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY LINE AND MOVING AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SUQUALENA AND KEWANEE BY 815 PM CDT, TOOMSUBA AND MARION BY 820 PM CDT, ALAMUCHA, NELLIEBURG AND MERIDIAN BY 8:25 PM CDT, MEEHAN AND ZERO BY 835 PM CDT, SAVOY BY 840 PM CDT. WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES…POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE DAMAGED…AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.