Tornado Watch until 06:00PM Thursday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 20 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO LAFAYETTE MARSHALL PANOLA PONTOTOC QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE CROCKETT FAYETTE HARDEMAN HAYWOOD LAUDERDALE MADISON SHELBY TIPTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, COVINGTON, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, JACKSON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, WATER VALLEY, WEST HELENA, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CRITTENDEN, AR ... CROSS, AR ... LEE, AR ... MISSISSIPPI, AR ... PHILLIPS, AR ... POINSETT, AR ... ST. FRANCIS, AR ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... COAHOMA, MS ... DESOTO, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TATE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... CROCKETT, TN ... FAYETTE, TN ... HARDEMAN, TN ... HAYWOOD, TN ... LAUDERDALE, TN ... MADISON, TN ... SHELBY, TN ... TIPTON, TN
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