Tornado Watch until 08:00AM Friday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 59 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS LEE MISSISSIPPI PHILLIPS POINSETT ST. FRANCIS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI COAHOMA DESOTO PANOLA QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TUNICA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE LAUDERDALE SHELBY TIPTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLETT, BATESVILLE, BLYTHEVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COLLIERVILLE, COVINGTON, FORREST CITY, GERMANTOWN, HARRISBURG, HELENA, JONESBORO, MARIANNA, MARKS, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, OLIVE BRANCH, RIPLEY TN, SENATOBIA, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, WEST HELENA, WEST MEMPHIS, AND WYNNE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CRAIGHEAD, AR ... CRITTENDEN, AR ... CROSS, AR ... LEE, AR ... MISSISSIPPI, AR ... PHILLIPS, AR ... POINSETT, AR ... ST. FRANCIS, AR ... COAHOMA, MS ... DESOTO, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TATE, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... LAUDERDALE, TN ... SHELBY, TN ... TIPTON, TN
Address/Location
Tallahatchie County Emergency Management
192 S Panola St
Charleston, MS 38921
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-647-2540
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TCEM followed by your message, to 888777
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