Alertes en vigueurOlive Branch, MS

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 261, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, BATESVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, MARKS, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, SENATOBIA, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO, AND WATER VALLEY.

At 733 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Pinckney to near Harmontown. Movement was southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include Southaven, Horn Lake, Hernando, Senatobia, John W Kyle State Park, Memphis, Sardis, Coldwater, Como, Walls, Horseshoe Lake, Lake Cormorant, Harmontown, Eudora, Arkabutla, Barr, Pinckney, Lynchburg, Phillipp, and Independence. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 251 and 287.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern Mississippi. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for eastern Arkansas.