WWUS84 KMEG 110718 SPSMEG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 217 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 MSZ023-024-110800- MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS- 217 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM HOUSTON TO AMORY AT 217 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CHICKASAW AND MONROE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN...AMORY AND OKOLONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.. $$