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WWUS54 KJAN 202338
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
638 PM CDT Tue May 20 2025

MSC051-053-125-163-210045-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-250521T0045Z/
Holmes MS-Yazoo MS-Humphreys MS-Sharkey MS-
638 PM CDT Tue May 20 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HOLMES...YAZOO...SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS AND NORTHERN SHARKEY
COUNTIES...

At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eden, or 7
miles north of Yazoo City, moving southeast at 50 mph.

THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.

HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect 
         considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. 
         Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.

This severe storm will be near...
  Yazoo City, Benton, Eden, and Coxburg around 645 PM CDT.
  Ebenezer around 655 PM CDT.
  Pickens and Vaughan around 700 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
west central Mississippi.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind
speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are
especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be
overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the
lowest floor of a building. This storm has the potential to cause
serious injury and significant property damage.



LAT...LON 3300 8988 3293 8990 3283 9002 3274 9005
      3270 9010 3266 9027 3294 9092 3307 9083
      3304 9074 3308 9067 3312 9063 3318 9059
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 293DEG 45KT 3297 9042 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH



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