…AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING CANCELLED…
The National Weather Service in Memphis has cancelled the Airport
Weather Warning for…
Frederick W Smith Memphis International Airport /MEM/.
The threat for 40 knot winds or greater has passed.
LAT…LON 3504 8998 3503 8998 3503 8997 3504 8997
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR DESOTO…WESTERN MARSHALL…TATE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY
COUNTIES…
At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hernando,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include…
Southaven, Collierville, Germantown, Olive Branch, Horn Lake,
Hernando, Senatobia, T O Fuller State Park, Memphis, Coldwater,
Byhalia, Walls, Southwest Memphis, Strayhorn, Eudora, Whitehaven,
Lewisburg, Arkabutla, Red Banks, and Laws Hill.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 22 in Mississipppi between mile markers 1 and 23.
Interstate 240 between mile markers 16 and 26.
Interstate 55 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 8.
Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 261 and 292.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE…<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST…60 MPH
…EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING…
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110.
* WHERE…Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, and West
Tennessee.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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