Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 08:00PM Tuesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 242 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE PONTOTOC PRENTISS TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION 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 ASHLAND, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, CAMDEN, CORINTH, DECATURVILLE, FULTON, HENDERSON, HUNTINGDON, IUKA, JACKSON, LEXINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OXFORD, PARIS, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, AND TUPELO.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... LEE, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... UNION, 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
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OXFORDMS followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant 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:
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch