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Lauderdale EMA
Thursday February 16th, 2023 :: 10:00 a.m. CST

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Tornado Watch until 05:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 38 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL MADISON TENSAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 47 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH YAZOO IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL GRENADA LEFLORE MONTGOMERY WEBSTER IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BOLIVAR SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, ANGUILLA, BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BELZONI, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE, CANTON, CARROLLTON, CARTHAGE, CLEVELAND, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, DURANT, EUPORA, FAYETTE, FERRIDAY, FOREST, GOODMAN, GREENVILLE, GREENWOOD, GRENADA, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, INDIANOLA, ISOLA, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LAUREL, LEXINGTON, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE, MATHISTON, MAYERSVILLE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWELLTON, NEWTON, NORTH CARROLLTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PICKENS, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROLLING FORK, ROXIE, RULEVILLE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, ST. JOSEPH, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, TALLULAH, TAYLORSVILLE, TCHULA, UNION, VAIDEN, VICKSBURG, VIDALIA, WATERPROOF, WEIR, WESSON, WEST FERRIDAY, WEST HATTIESBURG, WEST POINT, WINONA, AND YAZOO CITY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CONCORDIA, LA ... EAST CARROLL, LA ... MADISON, LA ... TENSAS, LA ... ADAMS, MS ... ATTALA, MS ... BOLIVAR, MS ... CARROLL, MS ... CHOCTAW, MS ... CLAIBORNE, MS ... CLARKE, MS ... CLAY, MS ... COPIAH, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... FRANKLIN, MS ... GRENADA, MS ... HINDS, MS ... HOLMES, MS ... HUMPHREYS, MS ... ISSAQUENA, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LEAKE, MS ... LEFLORE, MS ... LINCOLN, MS ... LOWNDES, MS ... MADISON, MS ... MARION, MS ... MONTGOMERY, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... NOXUBEE, MS ... OKTIBBEHA, MS ... RANKIN, MS ... SCOTT, MS ... SHARKEY, MS ... SIMPSON, MS ... SMITH, MS ... SUNFLOWER, MS ... WARREN, MS ... WASHINGTON, MS ... WEBSTER, MS ... WINSTON, MS ... YAZOO, 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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