Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:45PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Southern Union County in northeastern Mississippi... Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Denmark, or 10 miles east of Oxford, moving east at 40 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... Shari, Hortontown, Keel, Poolville, Esperanza, Endville, Cherry Creek, Ellistown, Cambridge, Delay, Baker, Trace State Park, Sherman, New Harmony, Rough Edge, Oxford, Etta, Glenfield, Nixon, and Union Hill.
* AFFECTED AREAS: 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 800 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
