Tornado Watch until 05:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 7 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH HINDS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FAYETTE, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, WEIR, WESSON, WEST HATTIESBURG, AND WEST POINT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, MS ... ATTALA, MS ... CHOCTAW, MS ... CLAIBORNE, MS ... CLARKE, MS ... CLAY, MS ... COPIAH, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... FRANKLIN, MS ... HINDS, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LEAKE, MS ... LINCOLN, MS ... LOWNDES, MS ... MADISON, MS ... MARION, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... NOXUBEE, MS ... OKTIBBEHA, MS ... RANKIN, MS ... SCOTT, MS ... SIMPSON, MS ... SMITH, MS ... WINSTON, MS
Address/Location
Kemper County Sheriff's Office
330 Stennis Industrial Park Rd
De Kalb, MS 39328
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-743-2255
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