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City of Oxford, MS
Friday March 31st, 2023 :: 05:59 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 01:00AM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MONROE PONTOTOC PRENTISS TALLAHATCHIE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE BENTON CARROLL CHESTER DECATUR HARDEMAN HARDIN HENDERSON HENRY MADISON MCNAIRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CAMDEN, CHARLESTON, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, DECATURVILLE, FULTON, HENDERSON, HOUSTON, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OXFORD, PARIS, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, TUPELO, AND WATER VALLEY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... MONROE, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... TALLAHATCHIE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... UNION, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... BENTON, TN ... CARROLL, TN ... CHESTER, TN ... DECATUR, TN ... HARDEMAN, TN ... HARDIN, TN ... HENDERSON, TN ... HENRY, TN ... MCNAIRY, TN ... MADISON, 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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