Tornado Watch until 11:00AM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 6 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MONROE PONTOTOC PRENTISS TALLAHATCHIE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER DECATUR HARDIN HENDERSON HENRY MCNAIRY WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN, CHARLESTON, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, FULTON, HENDERSON, HOUSTON, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, LEXINGTON, MARTIN, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OXFORD, PARIS, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, TUPELO, AND WATER VALLEY.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... MONROE, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... BENTON, TN ... CARROLL, TN ... CHESTER, TN ... DECATUR, TN ... HARDIN, TN ... HENDERSON, TN ... HENRY, TN ... MCNAIRY, TN ... WEAKLEY, TN
Address/Location
City of Oxford, MS
107 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-232-8073
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OXFORDMS 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