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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1220 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE…
LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1220 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTH OF LOUISVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CRAIG SPRINGS AND BETHEDEN BY 1225 AM CDT…
OKTOC BY 1235 AM CDT…
CRAWFORD BY 1245 AM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTH OF BENT OAK BY 1250 AM CDT…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.

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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