Tornado Watch until 06:00PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 45 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH HINDS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FAYETTE, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, WEIR, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, MS ... ATTALA, MS ... CHOCTAW, MS ... CLAIBORNE, MS ... CLARKE, MS ... COPIAH, MS ... COVINGTON, MS ... FORREST, MS ... FRANKLIN, MS ... HINDS, MS ... JASPER, MS ... JEFFERSON, MS ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, MS ... JONES, MS ... KEMPER, MS ... LAMAR, MS ... LAUDERDALE, MS ... LAWRENCE, MS ... LEAKE, MS ... LINCOLN, MS ... LOWNDES, MS ... MADISON, MS ... MARION, MS ... NESHOBA, MS ... NEWTON, MS ... NOXUBEE, MS ... OKTIBBEHA, MS ... RANKIN, MS ... SCOTT, MS ... SIMPSON, MS ... SMITH, 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