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2015 [KMEG] MEMPHIS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 15

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Storm Based Warning History

288 
WFUS54 KMEG 232141
TORMEG
MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0015.151223T2141Z-151223T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
341 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
        
* AT 340 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED OVER ROME...OR NEAR PARCHMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  WEBB AND SUMNER AROUND 345 PM CST.
  VANCE AROUND 355 PM CST.
  LAMBERT AROUND 400 PM CST.
  CROWDER AROUND 405 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

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 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 232DEG 51KT 3399 9047 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
934 
WWUS54 KMEG 232207
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
407 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-COAHOMA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
407 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
QUITMAN...SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 406 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR VANCE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. THERE ARE STRONG INDIDCATIONS OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR
BRAZIL. IT WILL BE HEADING INTO SOUTHEAST QUITMAN COUNTY SHORTLY.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  CROWDER AROUND 415 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

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 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 236DEG 48KT 3406 9025 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
220 
WWUS54 KMEG 232211
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-COAHOMA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
411 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
QUITMAN...SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 411 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR VANCE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROWDER AROUND 420 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 233DEG 49KT 3409 9019 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
097 
WWUS54 KMEG 232215
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-232225-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
COAHOMA MS-
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

$$

MSC119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES...
        
AT 415 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR CROWDER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WAVERLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
039 
WWUS54 KMEG 232221
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
421 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC119-135-232231-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
421 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

$$
Permalink to 201512232141-KMEG-WFUS54-TORMEG
288 
WFUS54 KMEG 232141
TORMEG
MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0015.151223T2141Z-151223T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
341 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
        
* AT 340 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED OVER ROME...OR NEAR PARCHMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  WEBB AND SUMNER AROUND 345 PM CST.
  VANCE AROUND 355 PM CST.
  LAMBERT AROUND 400 PM CST.
  CROWDER AROUND 405 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

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 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 232DEG 51KT 3399 9047 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232207-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
934 
WWUS54 KMEG 232207
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
407 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-COAHOMA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
407 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
QUITMAN...SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 406 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR VANCE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. THERE ARE STRONG INDIDCATIONS OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR
BRAZIL. IT WILL BE HEADING INTO SOUTHEAST QUITMAN COUNTY SHORTLY.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  CROWDER AROUND 415 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

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 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 236DEG 48KT 3406 9025 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232211-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
220 
WWUS54 KMEG 232211
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-COAHOMA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
411 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
QUITMAN...SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 411 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR VANCE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROWDER AROUND 420 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTON...RIVERVIEW...BEAVER DAM...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY...BRAZIL AND
STOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 9045 3398 9045 3399 9062 3433 9020
      3430 9019 3428 9016 3425 9013 3408 9013
      3383 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 233DEG 49KT 3409 9019 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232215-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
097 
WWUS54 KMEG 232215
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC027-232225-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
COAHOMA MS-
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

$$

MSC119-135-232230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES...
        
AT 415 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR CROWDER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WAVERLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
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039 
WWUS54 KMEG 232221
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
421 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC119-135-232231-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
QUITMAN MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
421 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3401 9022 3409 9027 3421 9013 3408 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 232DEG 51KT 3413 9013 

$$

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