At 5 pm, EMA, Leake County, Miss., reports many trees down on Swamp Road 3 miles south of Ofahoma, Miss.
Some of these counties in this warning are in East Central Mississippi:
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
WESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 527 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SMYRNA…OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO…AND MOVING EAST AT 32
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ZAMA BY 535 PM CDT…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS…AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
