Tornado Watch until 11:00PM Saturday 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 720 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FORREST JONES LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BAY SPRINGS, BROOKSVILLE, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MERIDIAN, NEWTON, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PURVIS, QUITMAN, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, UNION, WEST HATTIESBURG, AND WEST POINT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARKE, MS ... CLAY, MS ... FORREST, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LOWNDES, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... NOXUBEE, MS ... OKTIBBEHA, MS ... WINSTON, 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
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