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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN
135 WWUS84 KMEG 170818 SPSMEG Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 318 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 TNZ019-020-048-051-170900- Crockett TN-Lauderdale TN-Dyer TN-Gibson TN- 318 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT...CENTRAL DYER...WEST CENTRAL GIBSON AND NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CDT... At 317 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Unionville, or 12 miles north of Ripley, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dyersburg, Newbern, Alamo, Halls, Chestnut Bluff, Bradleytown, Unionville, Eaton, Maury City, Friendship, Gates, Yorkville, Edith, Fowlkes, Lapata, Bonicord, Central, Jenkinsville, Rohoboth, and Maury Junction. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3577 8912 3578 8932 3580 8935 3582 8936 3582 8940 3579 8942 3580 8960 3607 8965 3612 8909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 268DEG 20KT 3592 8956 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Schlessiger