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City of Oxford, MS
Wednesday March 1st, 2023 :: 03:33 p.m. CST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 10:00PM Wednesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 50 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE PHILLIPS ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE CHESTER DECATUR FAYETTE HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON MADISON MCNAIRY SHELBY TIPTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, CORINTH, COVINGTON, DECATURVILLE, FORREST CITY, FULTON, GERMANTOWN, HELENA, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, IUKA, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SENATOBIA, SOMERVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO, WATER VALLEY, WEST HELENA, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CRITTENDEN, AR ... CROSS, AR ... LEE, AR ... PHILLIPS, AR ... ST. FRANCIS, AR ... ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... COAHOMA, MS ... DESOTO, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... MONROE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TATE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... CHESTER, TN ... DECATUR, TN ... FAYETTE, TN ... HARDEMAN, TN ... HARDIN, TN ... HAYWOOD, TN ... HENDERSON, TN ... MCNAIRY, TN ... MADISON, TN ... SHELBY, TN ... TIPTON, 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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