8:18 Golfball size reported at Hightogy…Higtogfy is just south of Vernon…
UPDATE 812 p.m.: Storm is bowing out as it approaches Vernon…be prepared for 60-70 mph winds…it also has hail in it…as well as very heavy rain and lots of hail..small tornadoes not out of the question. Be in a safe place. Moving toward Belk, Fayette and Winfield.
7:58 Flash flood warning issued for Lamar County…Intense rainfall moving into the County now…with more behind it.
UPDATE 7:52: BMX issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lamar [AL] till 8:30 PM CDT….Intense storm int he Columbus MS area…about 10 minutes away from Vernon…about to move into the County now.
Watch out for heavy rain over Pickens County as cells merge over Noxubee and Kemper Counties in eastern MS.
UPDATE 724 p.m. Severe thunderstorm warning for the Columbus MS area will eventually move into southern Lamar and Pickens County. It should start to affect these areas before 8 p.m. 100% probability of hail in this storm, with hail to the size of egg size.
Storms lined up from Hamilton to west of Vernon to Columbus MS.
…Not severe now. But storms to the north have tended to strengthen as they moved into increasing wind shear further east…so this will have to be monitored.
HEADS UP
Dangerous storm near Louisville MS in Winston County will move NE to near Columbus by 8 p.m. and then will affect Lamar and northern Pickens possibly. This storm produced baseball sized hail in Leake County MS. It has a severe thunderstorm warning…hail is likely, possibly to the size of large gum balls…it is very organized with several meso indicators on it. Could produce a tornado as well.
