Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Saturday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 5 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN EAST ARKANSAS PHILLIPS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION YALOBUSHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BATESVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, FULTON, HELENA, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, IUKA, MARKS, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SENATOBIA, TUPELO, WATER VALLEY, AND WEST HELENA.
* AFFECTED AREAS: PHILLIPS, AR ... ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... COAHOMA, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... MONROE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TATE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS
Address/Location
Tallahatchie County Emergency Management
192 S Panola St
Charleston, MS 38921
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-647-2540
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TCEM followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Tornado Watch