165
WWUS84 KMEG 050756
SPSMEG

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
256 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

ARZ028-036-TNZ048>050-088-050830-
Mississippi AR-Crittenden AR-Tipton TN-Lauderdale TN-Shelby TN-
Haywood TN-
256 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN...TIPTON...LAUDERDALE...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD AND
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM CDT...

At 255 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Munford, or 9 miles north of Millington, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Burlison, Stanton, Nutbush, O`Donnell Bend, Tomato, Covington,
Luckett, Atoka, Locke, Randolph, Sloanville, Orysa, Meeman Shelby
Forest State Park, Tipton, Sunnyhill, Durhamville, Keeling,
Gilestown, Gainesville, and Tabernacle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for eastern
Arkansas...and west Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3549 8914 3539 8960 3537 8963 3524 9019
      3575 8992 3590 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 243DEG 48KT 3547 8986

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Schlessiger