Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:45PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Northwestern Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi... Northern Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi... Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi... Southwestern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 145 PM CDT.
* At 1255 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Banner, or 17 miles east of Water Valley, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Robbs, Hortontown, Poolville, Esperanza, Endville, Cherry Creek, Chiwapa, Reid, Algoma, Loyd, Pannell, Delay, Trace State Park, Sherman, New Harmony, Randolph, Rough Edge, Etta, Wallfield, and Nixon.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CALHOUN, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... UNION, MS
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the storm shelter or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for northwestern Mississippi. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northeastern and northwestern Mississippi.
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:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning