Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.
Nowcast as of 3:33 PM CDT on July 11, 2009
Now
A cluster of showers and thunderstorms will progress across northeast Mississippi this afternoon. Through 5 PM...expect rainfall from a tenth to a quarter of an inch. However...brief heavy downpours from thunderstorms can easily produce over a half of an inch of rain in less than a half of an hour. The cells will move to the southeast around 20 miles an hour.
Forecast for Prentiss
Updated: 3:22 PM CDT on July 11, 2009
Tonight
Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms the rest of this afternoon...then partly cloudy in the evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Sunday
Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
northern Itawamba County in northeast Mississippi... northeastern Lee County in northeast Mississippi... Prentiss County in northeast Mississippi... southern Tishomingo County in northeast Mississippi...
A strong thunderstorm producing 40 to 50 mph winds was located 6 miles north of Sandy Springs at 406 PM CDT... moving south at 20 mph.
Very heavy rain along with continuous cloud to ground lightning are also possible with this thunderstorm.
This storm is intensifying and could become severe rapidly.
People in Itawamba... Lee... Prentiss and Tishomingo counties... including locations near Baldwyn... Booneville... Fulton and Tishomingo State Park... should monitor this storm closely this significant weather alert is in effect until 500 PM CDT. This significant weather alert also includes Bay Springs Lake.