SEVERE WEATHER ALERT-60 MPH WIND GUSTS
The NWS has issued a severe weather alert for Tippah County until 10 PM.
The NWS in Memphis issued a severe thunderstorm warning with 60 mph wind gusts and one inch hail possible.
From the NWS in Memphis BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Memphis TN 916 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018 The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Tippah County in northeastern Mississippi... Alcorn County in northeastern Mississippi... Southeastern Hardeman County in southwestern Tennessee... Southern McNairy County in southwestern Tennessee... * Until 1000 PM CDT. * At 916 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of Selmer, moving west at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Corinth, Ripley, Selmer, Big Hill Pond State Park, Glen, Pocahontas, Hinkle, Theo, Farmington, Walnut, Middleton, Eastview, Michie, Falkner, Guys, Ramer, Rienzi, Kossuth, Chalybeate and Strickland. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near a lake, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
