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WFUS54 KMEG 232324
TORMEG
MSC009-139-145-240015-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
524 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
        
* AT 523 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE MOUNTAIN...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF NEW ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUE MOUNTAIN AROUND 530 PM CST.
  RIPLEY AROUND 540 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MYRTLE...CLARYSVILLE...HICKORY FLAT...PEOPLES...MURRY...COTTON PLANT
AND DUMAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3453 8920 3461 8924 3486 8876 3485 8876
      3483 8875 3476 8875 3475 8874 3467 8872
      3464 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 242DEG 52KT 3459 8915 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

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