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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...
MERIDIAN...
EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUFFEE BY 405 PM CDT...
SUQUALENA...NELLIEBURG...COLLINSVILLE AND SAVOY BY 410 PM CDT...
ZERO AND DAMASCUS BY 420 PM CDT...
MARION...PRISMATIC AND LIBERTY BY 425 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.