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Tunica County MS Emergency Management
Wednesday March 13th, 2019 :: 08:23 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:30PM

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Lee County in eastern Arkansas... Northeastern Phillips County in eastern Arkansas... Northeastern Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi... Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 747 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Brickeys to near Friars Point, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Helena-West Helena, St Francis National Park, Friars Point, Tunica, Dubbs, Brickeys, North Tunica, Dundee, Robinsonville, Little Texas, Lula, Jeffersonville, Clack, Gerlach Mill, Moon, Preston Place, Haleside, Quarles, Commerce and Austin.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COAHOMA, MS ... LEE, AR ... TUNICA, MS ... PHILLIPS, AR

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Tunica County MS Emergency Management
3092 US-61 S
Tunica, MS 38676

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-363-4012

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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

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