If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central and east central Mississippi.

At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Sebastopol to Johns. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Forest, Morton, Mendenhall, Union, Conehatta, Pelahatchie, Hillsboro, Polkville, D'Lo, Lake, Puckett, Sebastopol, Harperville, Braxton, Homewood, Pulaski, Piney Woods, Star, White Oak, and Stratton.