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Lauderdale EMA
Tuesday January 3rd, 2023 :: 09:16 a.m. CST

Alert

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
Lauderdale EMA
2525 14th St
Meridian, MS 39301

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-482-9852

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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

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