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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Jackson MS

617 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025

 

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ040-180015-

Chicot AR-Ashley AR-Morehouse LA-East Carroll LA-West Carroll LA-

Issaquena MS-

617 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND

SOUTHEASTERN ASHLEY COUNTIES...NORTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE...CENTRAL EAST

CARROLL...NORTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISHES IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

AND NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT...



At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near

Jones, or 10 miles northwest of Oak Grove, moving east at 30 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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.



This strong thunderstorm will be near...

  Oak Grove around 625 PM CDT.

  Kilbourne around 630 PM CDT.

  Millikin and Shelburn around 640 PM CDT.

  Lake Providence and Gassoway around 645 PM CDT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for

southeastern Arkansas...northeastern Louisiana...and northwestern and

west central Mississippi.



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LAT...LON 3308 9159 3303 9115 3302 9116 3301 9116

      3301 9109 3267 9117 3288 9169

TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 281DEG 25KT 3295 9154 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH



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