TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:45 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE...
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW AUGUSTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...

AT 10:48 AM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 1 MILE WEST OF BEAMOUNT AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

STATE LINE BY 11:21 AM CDT
CHATOM BY 11:34 AM CDT
MILLRY BY 11:37 AM CDT
SILAS BY 11:43 AM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

JACKSON