Tornado Watch until 10:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PONTOTOC PRENTISS TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE CHESTER DECATUR HARDEMAN HARDIN HENDERSON MCNAIRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BOLIVAR, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, DECATURVILLE, FULTON, HENDERSON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, IUKA, LEXINGTON, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OXFORD, PARSONS, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SAVANNAH, SELMER, TUPELO, AND WATER VALLEY.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAFAYETTE, MS ... TIPPAH, MS ... HARDEMAN, TN ... YALOBUSHA, MS ... DECATUR, TN ... ALCORN, MS ... BENTON, MS ... HENDERSON, TN ... CHESTER, TN ... UNION, MS ... PONTOTOC, MS ... MCNAIRY, TN ... TISHOMINGO, MS ... MONROE, MS ... MARSHALL, MS ... ITAWAMBA, MS ... LEE, MS ... CHICKASAW, MS ... PRENTISS, MS ... CALHOUN, MS ... HARDIN, TN
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:
- 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