727 WWUS84 KJAN 310030 SPSJAN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 730 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 MSZ055-310100- SIMPSON MS- 730 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOPEWELL...OR 11 MILES EAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3190 9017 3193 9017 3194 9020 3195 9019 3196 9020 3199 9021 3199 9022 3201 9023 3202 9022 3202 9024 3203 9025 3205 9023 3205 9004 3190 9007 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 177DEG 8KT 3197 9017 $$ 10