Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Walthall, MS
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What is happening
SVRLIX The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Walthall County in southern Mississippi... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 336 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kokomo, or 14 miles west of Columbia, moving south at 15 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size...
What the bulletin says to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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Bulletin details
SVRLIX The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Walthall County in southern Mississippi... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 336 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kokomo, or 14 miles west of Columbia, moving south at 15 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Tylertown, Salem, and Dexter.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 3:36PM CDT until August 21 at 4:15PM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS New Orleans LA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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