Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:30PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Northeastern Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... South central Tate County in northwestern Mississippi... Northeastern Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi... Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 830 PM CST.
* At 746 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sardis, or 7 miles west of John W Kyle State Park, 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... Oxford, Batesville, Water Valley, Holly Springs National Forest, John W Kyle State Park, Sardis, Como, Sledge, Darling, Pleasant Grove, Harmontown, Springdale, Curtis Station, Burgess, Courtland, Abbeville, Taylor, Falcon, Asa, and Glenville. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 238 and 262.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, MS ... QUITMAN, MS ... TATE, MS ... YALOBUSHA, MS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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
