SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
MSC051-053-125-133-151-163-120245-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
853 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THORNTON...
HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI...
NORTHWESTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLLANDALE...
NORTHEASTERN SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 14 MILES WEST OF ESTILL TO NITTA YUMA TO ANGUILLA TO 9 MILES
WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLY BLUFF AND DELTA CITY BY 900 PM CDT...
ESTILL AND HOLLANDALE BY 905 PM CDT...
MURPHY AND DARLOVE BY 910 PM CDT...
MIDNIGHT BY 915 PM CDT...
ISOLA AND BELZONI BY 925 PM CDT...
THORNTON BY 935 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.