This storm will reach Lauderdale and perhaps western Caolbert County in Alabama before 3 p.m.
A Twitterer reports that sirens are going off in Florence now…
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
217 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010
MSC003-117-141-011945-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-100501T1945Z/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-PRENTISS MS-
217 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010
…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
PRENTISS…WEST CENTRAL TISHOMINGO AND SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN
COUNTIES…
AT 215 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGGERSVILLE…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION…AS THIS STORM
HAS HAD A HISTORY OR PRODUCING DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOONEVILLE…
BURNSVILLE…HINKLE…JUMPERTOWN…LEEDY…MIDWAY…RIENZI…
THRASHERS…HOLTS SPUR…WALKER SIDING…HOLCUT AND GASTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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LAT…LON 3491 8831 3473 8819 3463 8866 3474 8867
TIME…MOT…LOC 1915Z 252DEG 37KT 3474 8853
At 2:18 trained spotters reported tornado on the ground 7 miles north of Booneville moving east.
From NWS Memphis…AT 219 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HINKLE…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF BOONEVILLE… MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
…and this…AT 227 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LEEDY…OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORINTH…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
