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  • Tornado Warning for De Soto County, Mississippi
  • Tornado Warning issued August 31 at 12:49PM CDT until August 31 at 1:30PM CDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 12:49 p.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
  • The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
    * Tornado Warning for...
    Central Crittenden County in eastern Arkansas...
    North central DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
    Southwestern Shelby County in west Tennessee...
    * Until 130 PM CDT
    * At 1249 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
    located over Horn Lake, moving northwest at 25 mph.
    HAZARD...Tornado.
    SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
    IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
    shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
    Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
    damage is likely.
    * This dangerous storm will be near...
    Walls, Whitehaven and Lynchburg around 1255 PM CDT.
    Southwest Memphis around 105 PM CDT.
    T O Fuller State Park around 110 PM CDT.
    Downtown Memphis around 115 PM CDT.
    West Memphis, Marion, Edmondson and Sunset around 130 PM CDT.
    Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Mound
    City, Louise, Gammon, Brice, Cunningham Corner, Amanea, Wyandoke, St
    Clair, Harvard and Presidents Island.
    TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
    HAIL...0.00IN