Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:30PM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Northern Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... Southeastern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi... Southern Tate County in northwestern Mississippi... Eastern Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi... Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Cambridge to John W Kyle State Park to Sledge, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Oxford, Senatobia, Batesville, Water Valley, Holly Springs National Forest, John W Kyle State Park, Sardis, Como, Crenshaw, Crowder, Sledge, Pope, Cambridge, Pleasant Grove, Harmontown, Curtis Station, Darling, Springdale, Burgess and Tula.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TATE, MS ... TUNICA, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning