Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 12:00AM Wednesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 10 UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCH 7 HAS EXPIRED. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 26 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH HINDS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON 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 BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FAYETTE, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, 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, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, MS ... CLAIBORNE, MS ... CLARKE, 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 ... 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:
- Severe - Significant 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:
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch