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
Lauderdale EMA
2525 14th St
Meridian, MS 39301
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 601-482-9852
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