Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:15PM 
SVRMEG The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi... Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi... Western Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi... Southeastern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Velma, or 7 miles southwest of Water Valley, 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... Water Valley, Bruce, Coffeeville, Pittsboro, Springdale, Banner, Velma, Paris, Oakland, Big Creek, Spearman, Benwood, Shuford, Bounds, Pine Valley, Ellard, Shepherd, Skuna, Tyson, and Sarepta. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 225 and 228.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CALHOUN, MS ... LAFAYETTE, MS ... PANOLA, 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
