Tornado Watch until 01:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 60 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PONTOTOC PRENTISS TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER CROCKETT DECATUR DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY MADISON MCNAIRY OBION WEAKLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALAMO, AMORY, ASHLAND, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, DECATURVILLE, DRESDEN, DYERSBURG, FULTON, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, HUMBOLDT, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, MARTIN, MILAN, NEW ALBANY, OAKLAND, OKOLONA, OXFORD, PARIS, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, SOMERVILLE, TUPELO, UNION CITY, AND WATER VALLEY.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... MONROE, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, 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 ... MCNAIRY, TN ... MADISON, TN ... OBION, 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
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OXFORDMS 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