Severe Thunderstorms Getting Close

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
159 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…COLUMBUS AFB…COLUMBUS…
EASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARKVILLE…AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
STARKVILLE AND OKTOC BY 205 AM CDT…
SESSUMS BY 210 AM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTH OF TIBBEE BY 220 AM CDT…
BENT OAK BY 225 AM CDT…
COLUMBUS BY 235 AM CDT…
STEENS BY 245 AM CDT…

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS…AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

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