Tornado Watch until 01:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 587 UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 586. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DECATUR, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARKE, MS ... COPIAH, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... FRANKLIN, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LEAKE, MS ... LINCOLN, MS ... MADISON, MS ... MARION, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... RANKIN, MS ... SCOTT, MS ... SIMPSON, MS ... SMITH, 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