Tornado Watch until 06:00AM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 586 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER LAUDERDALE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MERIDIAN, MOUNT OLIVE, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARKE, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... MARION, MS
Address/Location
Lauderdale EMA
2525 14th St
Meridian, MS 39301
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-482-9852
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