{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.bf904e351ac6e97f110c9fbcc990a749b3c13b9f.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:25PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.bf904e351ac6e97f110c9fbcc990a749b3c13b9f.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Memphis TN"},"word_count":140,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:25PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Lafayette; Pontotoc; Lee; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw\n**Issued by:** NWS Memphis TN\n**Sent:** 2026-07-01T17:25:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-01T17:25:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-01T18:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 525 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong\nthunderstorms near Trebloc, or near Houston, moving northwest at 45\nmph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nPontotoc, Houston, Okolona, Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman, Derma,\nPittsboro, Pyland, Randolph, Banner, Troy, Tula, Houlka, Thaxton, New\nHoulka, Algoma, Toccopola, Woodland, and Robbs.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nA Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for\nnortheastern and northwestern Mississippi."}