SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
RALEIGH MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PINEVILLE BY 310 PM CDT...
BAY SPRINGS BY 315 PM CDT...
TURNERVILLE AND ROBERTS BY 325 PM CDT...
GARLANDVILLE AND PAULDING BY 335 PM CDT...
ROSE HILL BY 345 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.