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City of Oxford, MS
Wednesday February 15th, 2023 :: 09:23 p.m. CST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 05:00AM Thursday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 34 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS GREENE LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON COAHOMA DESOTO LAFAYETTE MARSHALL PANOLA PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DUNKLIN PEMISCOT IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER CROCKETT DECATUR DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY LAKE LAUDERDALE MADISON MCNAIRY OBION SHELBY TIPTON WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALAMO, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, CAMDEN, CARUTHERSVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, CORNING, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, JONESBORO, KENNETT, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MARTIN, MEMPHIS, MILAN, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARAGOULD, PARIS, PARSONS, PIGGOTT, RIPLEY MS, RIPLEY TN, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TIPTONVILLE, TUNICA, UNION CITY, WATER VALLEY, WEST HELENA, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLAY, AR ... CRAIGHEAD, AR ... CRITTENDEN, AR ... CROSS, AR ... GREENE, AR ... LEE, AR ... MISSISSIPPI, AR ... PHILLIPS, AR ... POINSETT, AR ... ST. FRANCIS, AR ... DUNKLIN, MO ... PEMISCOT, MO ... ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... COAHOMA, MS ... DESOTO, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TATE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... BENTON, TN ... CARROLL, TN ... CHESTER, TN ... CROCKETT, TN ... DECATUR, TN ... DYER, TN ... FAYETTE, TN ... GIBSON, TN ... HARDEMAN, TN ... HARDIN, TN ... HAYWOOD, TN ... HENDERSON, TN ... HENRY, TN ... LAKE, TN ... LAUDERDALE, TN ... MCNAIRY, TN ... MADISON, TN ... OBION, TN ... SHELBY, TN ... TIPTON, 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

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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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