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2015 [KMEG] MEMPHIS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 22

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510 
WFUS54 KMEG 232245 RRA
TORMEG
MSC071-093-232330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.151223T2245Z-151223T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST
        
* AT 445 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED OVER BURGESS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHN W KYLE STATE
  PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OXFORD AND HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST AROUND 455 PM CST.
  CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
  BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8972 3448 8972 3462 8930 3458 8930
      3458 8925 3444 8925 3424 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 232DEG 52KT 3434 8970 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
281 
WWUS54 KMEG 232252
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC071-093-232330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-151223T2330Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-MARSHALL MS-
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
        
AT 452 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
  BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8972 3442 8968 3462 8930 3458 8930
      3458 8925 3444 8925 3431 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 238DEG 54KT 3441 8958 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232245-KMEG-WFUS54-TORMEG-RRA
510 
WFUS54 KMEG 232245 RRA
TORMEG
MSC071-093-232330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.151223T2245Z-151223T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST
        
* AT 445 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED OVER BURGESS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHN W KYLE STATE
  PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OXFORD AND HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST AROUND 455 PM CST.
  CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
  BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8972 3448 8972 3462 8930 3458 8930
      3458 8925 3444 8925 3424 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 232DEG 52KT 3434 8970 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232252-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
281 
WWUS54 KMEG 232252
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC071-093-232330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-151223T2330Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-MARSHALL MS-
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
        
AT 452 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
  BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8972 3442 8968 3462 8930 3458 8930
      3458 8925 3444 8925 3431 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 238DEG 54KT 3441 8958 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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