Tornado Watch until 07:00PM Thursday
TORNADO WATCH 38, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LOWNDES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BROOKSVILLE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MAGEE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARKE, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LOWNDES, MS ... MARION, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... NOXUBEE, 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