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PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION (PDS) TORNADO WARNING

 698    
 WFUS54 KMEG 232212   
 TORMEG   
 MSC107-135-232300-   
 /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0017.151223T2212Z-151223T2300Z/   
    
 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   
 TORNADO WARNING   
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN   
 412 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015   
    
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A   
    
 * TORNADO WARNING FOR...   
   NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...   
   SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...   
    
 * UNTIL 500 PM CST   
        
 * AT 412 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO   
   WAS LOCATED NEAR CROWDER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...   
   MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.   
    
   THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.    
    
   HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.    
    
   SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.    
    
   IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS    
            MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE    
            HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO    
            HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE    
            DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.    
    
 * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...   
   CROWDER AROUND 420 PM CST.   
   ENID AROUND 425 PM CST.   
   POPE AROUND 430 PM CST.   
   BATESVILLE AROUND 435 PM CST.   
   JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK AROUND 445 PM CST.   
    
 OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EUREKA   
 SPRINGS...SHUFORD...COURTLAND...CHAPELTOWN AND HAYES CROSSING.   
    
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   
    
 A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE   
 IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KMEG/1512232212.wfus54.html

a PDS tornado warning ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particularly_Dangerous_Situation#PDS_Tornado_Warning ) is a rare thing -- this significant wedge has been on the ground for well over an hour -- they actually closed, had the clear sightings and time so they were able to close, I-55 in both directions to let it cross -- the same wedge then prompted the declaration of a Tornado Emergency in (and incoming reports of damage in/near) Holly Springs, MS -- more recently it was at/near Ashland, MS -- and, updating, now a big debris ball a bit east of Canaan, MS, radar indicating debris up to at least 20,000'