Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:15PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAKE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... OBION COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1232 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARTIN...UNION CITY...REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...TIPTONVILLE... SOUTH FULTON...RIDGELY...TROY...OBION...CLAYTON...CLOVERDALE... HORNBEAK...WOODLAND MILLS...RIVES...SAMBURG...BLUE BANK... MOFFATT...SPOUT SPRINGS...GRATIO...WOLVERINE AND RUTHVILLE. HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAKE ... OBION ... WEAKLEY
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. IF ON OR NEAR REELFOOT LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
Address/Location
Weakley County Emergency Management
Old 22
Weakley County, TN 38225
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-364-5454
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP WEAKLEY911 followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning