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Mississippi, Claiborne

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Statement as of 11:21 PM CDT on May 21, 2013


... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 1145 PM CDT
for south central Yazoo... Claiborne... western Hinds... west central
Madison and southeastern Warren counties...

At 1121 PM CDT... trained weather spotters confirmed a line of severe
thunderstorms producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. These
storms were located along a line extending from Edwards to Rocky
Springs moving east at 35 mph.

Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Flora by 1135 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.

This storm has a history of producing wind damage across Warren
County. This is an extremely dangerous situation. Seek shelter now
inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows!

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 am CDT
Wednesday morning for southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana and
Mississippi.

Lat... Lon 3228 9073 3269 9051 3269 9020 3206 9058
      3205 9072 3194 9071 3186 9092 3188 9116
time... Mot... loc 0421z 281deg 31kt 3238 9049 3205 9069


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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Statement as of 11:25 PM CDT on May 21, 2013

Expires 3:00 AM EDT on May 22, 2013



Severe Thunderstorm Watch 209 remains valid until 2 am CDT
Wednesday for the following areas

In Louisiana this watch includes 3 parishes

In northeast Louisiana

Catahoula Concordia Tensas

In Mississippi this watch includes 28 counties

In central Mississippi

Attala Choctaw Copiah
Hinds Holmes Leake
Madison Rankin Scott
Simpson Yazoo

In east central Mississippi

Neshoba Noxubee Winston

In north central Mississippi

Carroll Grenada Montgomery
Webster

In northeast Mississippi

Clay Lowndes Oktibbeha

In south central Mississippi

Lawrence Lincoln

In southwest Mississippi

Adams Claiborne Franklin
Jefferson

In west central Mississippi

Warren

This includes the cities of... Ackerman... Brandon... Brookhaven...
Brooksville... Bude... Canton... Carrollton... Carthage... Columbus...
Crystal Springs... Durant... Eupora... Fayette... Ferriday... Forest...
Goodman... Grenada... Harrisonburg... Hazlehurst... Jackson...
Jonesville... Kosciusko... Lexington... Louisville... Maben... Macon...
Madison... Magee... Mathiston... Meadville... Mendenhall...
Monticello... Morton... Natchez... New Hebron... Newellton...
North Carrollton... Pearl... Pearl River... Philadelphia... Pickens...
Port Gibson... Richland... Ridgeland... Roxie... St. Joseph...
Starkville... Tchula... Vaiden... Vicksburg... Vidalia... Waterproof...
Weir... Wesson... west Ferriday... West Point...
Winona and Yazoo City.



Flood Warning

Statement as of 9:26 PM CDT on May 21, 2013

Expires 5:00 PM EDT on May 25, 2013


The Flood Warning continues for the Mississippi River at Vicksburg
* until Saturday afternoon.
* At 9:00 PM Tuesday the stage was 44.2 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 43.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
early Saturday morning.
* Impact... at 44.6 feet... residence on Williams street in Vicksburg
begins to flood.
* Impact... at 44.0 feet... Ford and Kings subdivision at Pittman Road
and mary's alley begins to flood.


              Flood observed forecast 6am crest
location stg stg day time Wed Thu Fri crest time date

Lower Mississippi River
Vicksburg 43 44.2 Tue 09 PM 44.1 43.9 43.4 cresting




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