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Map Phenomena States Warning Summary - Tornado HQ Warning Counties Warning End Map
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severe thunderstorm
MS
AT 418 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOREST, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Neshoba / Newton / Scott 2023-03-26 22:15:00 UTC show me
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LA
AT 411 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELIZABETH, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Allen / Evangeline / Rapides / Vernon 2023-03-26 21:45:00 UTC show me
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GA
AT 505 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH FORT BENNING, OR 11 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Chattahoochee / Muscogee / Talbot 2023-03-26 21:45:00 UTC show me
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tornado
AL
AT 405 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAUREL HILL, OR 14 MILES WEST OF FLORALA, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Covington 2023-03-26 21:45:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
GA
AT 500 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK, OR 14 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Stewart / Webster 2023-03-26 21:45:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
AT 349 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WINNSBORO, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin 2023-03-26 21:30:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
AT 348 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SUGARTOWN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Allen / Beauregard / Vernon EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AL
AT 346 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWKINSVILLE, OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURTSBORO, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Barbour / Russell EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA / MS
AT 337 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF AFTON, OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLULAH, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Madison / Tensas / Issaquena / Warren 2023-03-26 21:45:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
AT 336 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SERENA, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		La Salle EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
GA
AT 436 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX, OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Chattahoochee / Muscogee EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
AT 335 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF FLATWOODS, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LENA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Grant / La Salle / Natchitoches / Winn 2023-03-26 21:30:00 UTC show me
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tornado
LA
At 330 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Tulla, or near De Ridder, moving east at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Beauregard / Vernon EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AL
At 329 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Seale, or 13 miles southwest of Phenix City, moving northeast at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Russell EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
At 329 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Columbia, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin / Richland 2023-03-26 21:30:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
AT 323 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAND RIDGE, OR NEAR MARSEILLES, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Grundy / La Salle EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
AT 323 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINNFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Caldwell / Grant / La Salle / Winn 2023-03-26 21:30:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
AL
At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles east of Riverview, or 16 miles east of Brewton, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Covington / Escambia EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
At 315 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kurthwood, or 14 miles northeast of Anacoco, moving east at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Vernon EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA / TX
At 258 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Junction, or near Merryville, moving east at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Beauregard / Vernon / Newton EXPIRED show me

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things you should know about this experimental live-updating page

  1. Warnings are delayed. If you are currently affected by severe storms, you should also be paying attention to a local source of information (tv, radio, etc), or have a weather radio, because information on this site can be delayed enough that it could cause you to lose valuable lead time.
  2. The map sometimes breaks in odd ways. At this time, I'm not sure of the actual cause, but every so often, the mapping software will basically lose track of the actual center of the map. It's most obvious when part of the map is black (it's not loading the background). Also, you may notice this bug when you zoom to a specific location or warning, and the map is not centered properly.

    How to fix: The easiest thing is to reload the page. Otherwise, you can try the following to get the map to fix itself:

    1. enter/exit fullscreen map mode
    2. resize the browser window (if a desktop)
    3. change the orientation of the screen (if a tablet/mobile device)
    4. add a new location marker (you can delete the new marker later)

  3. There is experimental voice notifications support. To my knowledge, this only works in the Chrome and Safari browsers. Chrome's default English voice will randomly stop with long text, so I've tried to break up the text into smaller chunks so this doesn't happen. However, this can lead to awkward pauses when it's speaking.
  4. There is now support for tracking custom locations. If you have voice notifications enabled, it will tell you which locations are impacted when it reads new warnings.
  5. Radar on the map will automatically refresh every 5 minutes.
  6. This page is under active development. And things tend to break. A lot. If you think something is wrong, you can reload the page. You can also use the normal severe weather map page which has the same data but does not automatically update.

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