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Kemper County Sheriff's Office
Monday February 12th, 2024 :: 12:48 a.m. CST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 03:00AM Monday

TORNADO WATCH 21, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH LEAKE RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MAGEE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARKE, MS ... COPIAH, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LEAKE, MS ... LINCOLN, MS ... MARION, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... RANKIN, MS ... SCOTT, MS ... SIMPSON, MS ... SMITH, MS

Address/Location
Kemper County Sheriff's Office
330 Stennis Industrial Park Rd
De Kalb, MS 39328

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-743-2255

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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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