Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:45PM
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Dyer County in western Tennessee...
* Until 1245 PM CDT
* At 1200 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newbern, or near Dyersburg, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Dyersburg, Newbern, Trimble, Edgewood, Bishop, Poplar Ridge, Churchton, Parker, Lapata, Lane, Tatumville, Viar, Bogota, Locust Grove, Jenkinsville, Maxey, Rohoboth, Stokes, Nauvoo and Templeton. HAIL...1.25IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: DYER
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Dyer County Sheriff's Office
401 East Cedar Street
Dyersburg, TN 38024
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-285-2802
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